Wedding Cake with Flowers - Amazing Decor Options

It is impossible to imagine a wedding evening without a luxurious cake. This is a wonderful delicacy and a wonderful decoration at the same time. The most popular design option is flowers.

Flowers for the cake can be very different - waffle, sugar, cream or mastic. In addition to artificial ones, live buds are also used to decorate a wedding cake.

Mastic decorations are voluminous and look almost alive. Their colors can be the most fantastic shades that do not exist in nature.

Even if you make a cake with a cream, with such flowers it looks no less impressive than with “mastic sculptures”. Decorating the surface of the dessert with cream flowers can give it an elegant look and solidity. Although much here depends on the design theme. Representative roses are one thing, and modest daisies are another.

With thick cream it is easy to depict floral decorations of mint, lilac, peach and other shades on the cake.

The use of live buds imposes certain restrictions on the use of certain plants when decorating a wedding cake with flowers. You can not work with callas, lilies of the valley, jasmine snowdrops. They contain poisonous substances that are easy to poison.

Some natural flowers are quite simple to turn into edible. They can be eaten without any harm to the stomach.At the same time, they will retain an elegant look until use. Usually roses, lavender, chrysanthemum or calendula are used for sugaring. Suitable for eating orchid and tiger lily.

The flowers are covered with a mixture of ordinary sugar mixed with an egg (for this you need to work with a brush), sprinkled with icing sugar and dried.

These blanks are stored in a jar until the decor of the cake begins, and they are used as intended when a real need arises.

You can decorate a wedding cake with flowers in many ways. It depends on the shape, size of the wedding dessert and the confectioner's artistic design.

• You need to arrange the decorations according to the cascade principle, when they seem to scatter on the surface of the cake from top to bottom. This arrangement is acceptable for desserts consisting of several tiers.
• You can place them in an artistic mess, as if there is no clear principle in their laying. This option is suitable for decorating cakes of various shapes.
• On a multi-tiered dessert, even arrangement of decorations on each tier is possible.
• Flowers can be chaotic. The unifying factor in the arrangement pattern is the petals that connect the individual elements into a single composition. This principle is especially evident and effective on "sweet structures" with a large area.
• Flower decoration should be concentrated only on the top of the cake, if it consists of several tiers.

It is assumed that these supplements will be removed from it before eating the dessert. These plants are easier to choose in accordance with the general decor of the festive hall and table so that they resonate with the bridal bouquet or decorations in her hair and dress.

Peonies and roses, dahlias and anemones look best on the cake. A sweet dish strewn with such elements can be decorated with fruits and berries at the same time. This combination looks very appetizing and solemn. Among the most common edible ornaments on this occasion are grapes, plums or strawberries.

Since fresh flowers are a peculiar thing, some features should be taken into account when decorating a wedding cake.

• You need to make sure of the firmness and freshness of the flowers so that they are preserved until the end of the holiday. A sad flowerbed, instead of an elegant cake for tea, no one needs.
• To enjoy the freshness of plants longer, you can use holders with water when decorating.
• When decorating a dessert, one should act carefully, providing a minimum contact of plants with the surface of a sweet dish.
• It is necessary to start decorating a cake with fresh flowers no earlier than two hours before this delicacy is cut into pieces.
• After decorating, sweets should be kept in the refrigerator.

A good way of decoration when fresh flowers on the cake are combined with edible figures. So, you can plant edible swans and wedding rings on top of the dessert, complementing the composition with a living flower or a bouquet of natural plants.

You will learn about how to decorate a wedding cake with fresh flowers at home from the next video.

Modern confectionery technology allows you to make a cake in any color a reality. For white, decoration with flowers of any shades is suitable. For example, a cake with blue cake and white coating will look great with large blue roses from mastic. It will be interesting to look at the transition from dark to light shades in floral decorations. (ombre effect).

A light cake will leave a lasting impression with purple or lilac flowers.

Red flowers look great on a white background.This is a very symbolic decoration for a wedding, given that we are talking about a union built on love and passion. Suitable tones for this design are gold and chocolate.

White decorations such as daisies, it is desirable to choose a beige or yellowish background, on which the petals will not be lost, although a plain cake, for example, the same white, looks elegant in its own way. The flowers from the mastic or cream that adorn it give the impression of restraint and elegance.

Decorating the festive dessert in peach tones will bring a fresh feeling to the wedding tea party. Cake decorated in such colors is especially suitable for a spring wedding. Thanks to the beautiful buds and beads that emphasize each tier of the sweet dish, it seems especially airy and elegant.

The mint color dessert can be decorated with mastic flowers in a wide variety of ways. Avoiding flashy colors, eye-creating compositions are created that you will want to consider for a long time before proceeding with a cake tasting.

Thanks to special elements using edible flowers, the wedding cake takes on a royal look.