Wedding cake with flowers - amazing decor options

It is impossible to imagine a wedding evening without a sumptuous 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, living buds are also used when decorating a wedding cake.

Decorations made of mastic are voluminous and look almost as if they were alive. Their colors can be the most fantastic shades, which cannot be found in nature.

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

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

The use of living buds imposes certain restrictions on the use of certain plants in the design of a wedding cake with flowers. You cannot work with calla lilies, lilies of the valley, jasmine, snowdrops. They contain poisonous substances that are easy to poison.

Some natural flowers are quite easy to make edible. They can be eaten without any harm to the stomach.At the same time, until the very use, they will retain an elegant look. Usually, roses, lavender, chrysanthemum or calendula are used for candying. Orchid and tiger lily are suitable for eating.

The flowers are covered with a composition of ordinary sugar mixed with an egg (for this you need to work with a brush), sprinkle with powdered sugar and dry.

These blanks are stored in a bank until the start of cake decoration, and are used for their intended purpose when there is a real need.

You can decorate a cake for a wedding with flowers in different ways. It depends on the shape, size of the wedding dessert and the artistic intention of the pastry chef.

• It is necessary to arrange decorations according to a cascade principle, when they seem to crumble over 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 styling. This option is suitable for decorating cakes of various shapes.
• On a multi-tiered dessert, an even arrangement of decoration on each tier is possible.
• Flowers can be chaotic. The unifying factor of the arrangement pattern is the petals, linking the individual elements into a single composition. This principle is especially evident and effective on "sweet structures" with a large area.
• The flower decoration should only be centered on the top of the cake if it has several tiers.

It is assumed that these additions will be removed from the dessert before eating. It is easier to choose real plants in accordance with the general decor of the festive hall and table so that they resonate with the bride's bouquet or decorations in her hair and dress.

Peonies and roses, dahlias and anemones look best on the cake. A sweet dish covered 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 decorations for this occasion are grapes, plums or strawberries.

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

• You need to make sure that the flowers are firm and fresh so that they are preserved until the end of the holiday. Nobody needs a dull flower bed instead of an elegant cake for tea drinking.
• To enjoy the freshness of the plants longer, you can use the holders with water when decorating.
• When decorating a dessert, you should act carefully, ensuring minimal contact of plants with the surface of the sweet dish.
• It is necessary to start decorating the cake with fresh flowers no earlier than two hours before this delicacy is cut into pieces.
• After decorating, the sweets should be kept in the refrigerator.

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

You will learn how to decorate a wedding cake with fresh flowers at home in the following video.

Modern confectionery technologies make it possible to bring cake to life in any color. For white, decoration with flowers of any shade is suitable. For example, a cake with a blue base and a white coating will look great with large blue mastic roses. The transition from dark to light shades in floral decorations will look interesting. (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, considering that we are talking about an alliance built on love and passion. Gold and chocolate are suitable tones for this design.

It is advisable to choose a beige or yellowish background for white decorations such as daisies, on which the petals will not be lost, although a monochromatic cake, for example, the same white one, looks elegant in its own way. Flowers made of mastic or cream that decorate it give the impression of restraint and elegance.

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

A mint-colored dessert can be decorated with mastic flowers in a variety of ways. Avoiding flashy colors, eye-pleasing compositions are created that you will want to consider for a long time before you start tasting the cake.

Special elements with edible flowers give the wedding cake a royal look.