Sunflower Brownie

A brownie topped with yellow frosting piped into a sunflower shape with dark sprinkles in the center
Kim Simons
Beginner
Learn how to make a stunning gumpaste sunflower decoration to top your favorite frosted brownies. A fun and creative baking project for spring and summer.

Supply List

Your favorite brownies, frosted
Gumpaste
Edible color (yellow)
Edible petal dust (orange)
Sunflower cookie cutter
4" cookie cutter
Fondant forming cups
Piping gel
Chocolate sprinkles
Cake tools
Wide offset spatula
Silicone mat
Small rolling pin
Cornstarch
Paint brushes

Instructions

  • Roll out gumpaste thinly. Tip: use corn starch.
  • Cut sunflower out of gumpaste using a sunflower cookie cutter. Tip: dust the cookie cutter with corn starch.
    Hand pressing a sunflower cookie cutter into rolled gumpaste on a mat.
  • Lift sunflower off mat with offset spatula and place in fondant forming cup.
    Cut gumpaste sunflower shape on a green silicone mat.
  • Let dry overnight.
  • Remove the sunflower from the cup with a cake tool.
    Hand painting yellow edible color onto a gumpaste sunflower.
  • Paint the sunflower with edible paint.
  • Dust the sunflower with edible dust.
    Hand touching the petals of a dried painted gumpaste sunflower.
  • Add piping gel and sprinkles to the center.
    Gumpaste sunflower with chocolate sprinkles in the center.
  • Cut circles from a prepared pan of frosted brownies.
    Hands using a round cutter to cut circles from frosted brownies.
  • Add sunflower with piping gel.
    Hands pressing chocolate sprinkles into the center of a gumpaste sunflower.

Notes

• The sunflower needs to dry overnight before adding to the brownie.