Flowering dogwood is a small multi-branched tree with oval leaves that bears very beautiful snowy flowers. In truth the flowers are not large but appear big because of their four petal-like bracts, which are heart shaped.
1. Hold your piping bag at a 20 to 30 degree angle and pipe a heart-shaped petal (see Basic Petal Strokes).
2. Repeat the same process and pipe three more heart-shaped petals that meet at a central point.
3. Using your brown buttercream in a piping bag with small hole at the tip, pipe a V-shape on the edge of each petal to create a notch.
4. Pipe a small mound of dark green buttercream in the centre and pipe light green dots on top of it, using a piping bag with a small hole at the tip.
5. Add yellow dots in the centre, again with a piping bag with a small hole snipped at the tip.
6. To pipe another flower, pipe a blob of buttercream to position the next flower, and repeat steps 1 to 5 on top.