19 Gorgeous Sunflower Cake Designs
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Wanna know what’s sunny and yummy? A sunflower cake! Find the ultimate cake design with this radiant flower.
Sunflowers represent strength, admiration and even good luck, depending on the culture. The stunning color and the beautiful silhouette are some of many reasons for their popularity.
Sunflower themed weddings, wedding decor and birthdays are all reasons to have a sunflower cake. Not to mention their popularity at bridal showers.

In this blog post we have the best sunflower cake ideas. They will make the perfect addition to any special event.
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This blog post is all about sunflower cake ideas.
Stunning Sunflower Cake Ideas For Summer and Fall

If you are making a sunflower cake yourself, the foundation is easy. You’ll need some cake mix, a cake pan and a preheated oven to 350. How you design the icing and decals, are what make these sunflower cakes interesting.

This is a naked cake but we love how it is detailed with sunflower seeds. The rich tone of the chocolate cake and the bright sunflowers make a glorious combination.

This is a 3 tier cake; the bottom tier is strawberry cake with lemon filling, the top 2 tiers are lemon cake with strawberry filling. Everything is covered in vanilla buttercream and the bottom 2 tiers have a chocolate drip. Definitely strawberry lemonade vibes

The textured pattern really compliments the sunflowers.


This is a beautiful birthday cake for a sunflower party. Decorate using frosting with yellow food coloring and fill the center with chocolate chips.

Such a bright ideas for sunflower birthday parties. The real sunflowers paired with macarons and chocolates make it even better.

If you need some ideas for fall wedding cakes, consider sunflowers. They make an eye catching centerpiece and the baby’s-breathe is a nice accent.

Look at how beautiful this Tiffany blue color cake looks with sunflowers! Absolutely amazing!

Fall themed sunflower wedding cake.

Basic naked cake topped with sunflower candy.

“V” shaped sunflower cake.

Check out this cake! Fondant cake makes a minimalistic style, but you could top it off with sunflower decor to make it pop.

This cake is decked out in buttercream flowers. Such a sunny birthday cake.

We love this sunflower cakes rustic style. This will be lovely at a rustic themed bridal shower.

If you want some cupcakes, a sunflower cupcake tower is a good ideas. In the example, the cupcake holders are little basket designs. So cute and rustic looking.
Sunflower Cake Ideas- Sunflower Cupcake Cake

See this Tutorial on sunflower cupcakes. Once your cupcakes cool completely decorate them as little sunflowers. Then use this outline to make a sunflower cupcake cake.
This sunflower cupcake cake template is easy to follow and look nice at any sunflower event.

Have these little cuties on your dessert table at the party. They will compliment the snflower cake. Try making theses simple sunflower cake pops

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