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Cake Buntings – Tutorial and Free Download

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Mini cake buntings make any cake the star of the party. They’re fun, they’re festive and they’re so easy to make!

Lemon Cake with Cake Buntings

This isn’t about baking (if you’re curious, that cake in the picture above is a Lemon Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting I made using a recipe from Martha Stewart. I followed her recipe exactly and the cake turned out great. It’s something you need to consume as soon as you make though. I found that it doesn’t store well – overnight in the fridge, max. Anyway, I digress).

This post is about how to make those adorable little cake buntings. They are so easy to do and they make any cake look 100x happier.

You would need: cake bunting templates, scissors, baker’s twine, glue, bamboo skewers (chopsticks work too, or paper straws).

Cake Bunting Materials

Step 1: Find a free cake bunting template online that you can use. And there are lots of them. I downloaded the one on the lemon cake above from Seshalyn Party Ideas. So to pay it forward, I made my own which you can also download and print for free. You can also simply use coloured paper if you’re going for solid colours or make your own templates (I used Photoshop to make mine but I think Microsoft Word would work just as well).

Step 2: Cut out the diamonds and fold in the middle to make them into tiny triangles.

Step 3: Get baker’s twine and cut the approximate length you need. You need to allow for some slack so make sure you cut more than you need. These are (IMO) prettier kind of sagging than tight but that’s a personal preference; just remember that you would need enough twine at both ends to tie them to the skewers later.

Step 4: Glue the little flags on your twine. Space them apart equally.

Step 5: Tie the twine to your bamboo skewers and stick them on your cake!

Cake Buntings DIY

Step 6: Step back and admire.

You can use these buntings on cupcakes too. Glue a single bunting on a toothpick, stick the toothpick on your cupcake and you’re all set.

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    • Jolina says

      They’re adorable aren’t they? They make any cake looks that much more festive 🙂 And they’re so easy to do!

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  2. Tiina A says

    Lemon cake is one of my all time favourite, yummy! Buntings give that extra wow factor for cakes. I love crafting and make something with my hands. Great idea!

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    • Jolina says

      Thanks Kenia! I had to work quickly on this one because it’s whipped frosting and it was melting quickly as I was photographing it haha 🙂

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    • Jolina says

      Thanks Tori! You can absolutely make any kind of buntings to suit your theme 🙂 And you can make them for cupcakes too.

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  10. Ana De- Jesus says

    That lemon cake looks divine and it looks even better with the bunting. Can you come to my house and make cake buntings? I have a penchant for Tiramisu and cheesecake.

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    • Jolina says

      Thanks Liz! They are so much fun to make too 🙂 Made me feel like I’m back in school doing a project 🙂

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  12. Joanna says

    That is really cute, I never thought of decorating a cake like that. I have actually never made a cake as I’m not great at baking. But my birthday is coming soon and I might decorate my cake with these buntings.

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    • Jolina says

      Thanks Joana! You don’t even need to bake your own cake, these work for store-bought ones too. They make any cake look so festive. And advanced happy birthday!

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  13. Empire says

    Haha, I thought it was going to be a recipe. These buntings are actually a great idea, I’ll definetly use it when I bake a cake for my bf.

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    • Jolina says

      LOL sorry 🙂 But aren’t these buntings so much fun? And you can make all kinds of different designs and messages too 🙂

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