Wedding Cake With Real Flowers

Adding fresh flowers to wedding cake tiers looks beautifully romantic and it s a cost effective alternative to labor intensive detailing like piping designs or handmade sugar flowers.

Wedding cake with real flowers. The more intricate your cake design the longer it s going to take for your baker to complete it which means you re paying for that time. In fact you may actually prefer to decorate your dessert with sugar flowers. Get inspired to use real blooms on your wedding cake by this collection of some of our favorite wedding cakes featuring fresh flowers including garden roses calla lilies orchids peonies and more.

Placing fresh flowers into a cake without sealing them can cause toxic chemicals like pesticides to leach into the cake and potentially cause a major food hazard to your guests. Your wedding cake doesn t need real flowers to make a statement. Master cake decorators can craft flowers from gum paste and sugar that look like real flowers but fresh flower decorations look just as beautiful and are much easier for beginner cake decorators to arrange.

A real show stopper this four tier cake below left is made up of alternate layers of fresh flowers and iced sponge. Putting fresh flowers on a cake is a great way to add some gorgeous decoration to your wedding cake but it s important to make sure your flowers are prepared properly. The best way to highlight these stunning florals is by starting with a simple cake base like a pure white buttercream base or a trendy naked cake base.

Above is a cake i made for a friend s wedding and i added the flowers to the cake at the venue. And the best part about going the faux flower. That s because fake blossoms can look just as pretty as fresh ones.

And though sugar flowers cost more than fresh the fake buds are still a cost effective way to upgrade your wedding cake without bursting your budget. I used the same flowers that were in the bride s bouquet to give it a cohesive feel with the wedding venue and decorations. The cake topper is a sophisticated combination of hydrangea and eryngium with a single pink rose taking pride of place in the centre.

While suitable for any occasion real flowers are often used to make wedding cakes stand out as the wedding reception centerpiece. You get to the venue and the florist hands you a bucket full of various flowers to use on the cake. Ok so a bride has ordered a wedding cake from you and she wants you to decorate it with the same fresh flowers her florist is using in her bouquet and floral decorations.