A symbol of purity, these lovely aquatic flowers emerge from water on long stems to bloom with exquisite beauty. Often mistaken for a water lily – on closer inspection the two plants are quite different.
1. Pipe a guide circle to determine how big your flower will be, then begin to pipe your petals.
2. Hold the nozzle at a 20 degree angle with one of the points touching the circle. Pipe a petal using the leaf technique (see Basic Petal Strokes). Repeat to pipe a ring of petals close together.
3. Pipe another row of petals that touch your first ring, and that are slightly shorter and at a steeper angle.
4. Depending on how big you want the flower to be, you may pipe another layer of petals making sure that they decrease in size and increase in angle.
5. Using your yellow buttercream and a piping bag with a small hole at the tip, pipe some short spikes in the centre.
To create a lovely blend of colours for the petals, use the marbled technique (see Filling a Piping Bag, Marbled Effect).