Wedding Cakes With Fresh Flowers

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Mix some floral magic and beauty into your wedding cake by serving a cake adorned with the most beautiful fresh flowers! Using fresh flowers to beautify your wedding cake is a fabulous way to have your cake match the décor of your wedding reception, ceremony, bridesmaids, and table settings.

Better Safe!

Be careful when selecting your cake blooms – some flowers can be quite toxic! Check with your florist and/or baker before using a specific flower. Don’t insert the stems directly into the cake – you can purchase special plastic picks to hold each stem. You can purchase tiny vials that you fill with water, which can be pushed into the cake, ensuring that your blooms stay fresh and perky throughout the event. Make sure you tell whomever will be serving the slices to remove the blooms before serving each slice. Some flowers are edible, such as orchids, clover, day lilies, chrysanthemums, carnations, calendula, citrus blossoms, and fuchsia. Don’t forget about herbs! All types of herbs are edible, and can look absolutely stunning on a cake!

Wondering which flowers are not edible? Stay away from poinsettia, rhododendron, azalea, buttercup, daffodil, jasmine, lilies or lily of the valley on your cake.

A Cake of One’s Own

Adding fresh flowers to your cake is a wonderful way to make it personal! If you are on a tight budget, consider purchasing a plain cake, and then adding the flowers yourself. Or, speak to your cake decorator about the way you would like the blooms to be arranged on the cake. He or she will be experienced in working with fresh flowers and will likely have some fantastic suggestions – so go in with an open mind!

How do you want your flowers to be presented? Will they provide segmentation between each tier? Or, will they wind down the side of the cake in a modern, asymmetrical garland? You can use fresh flowers as a simple or elaborate cake topper, or you can scatter larger flowers around the cake in various artistic ways.

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Decorate the Table

Don’t forget about the table your cake will be presented on – consider it the “frame” for a fabulous work of art. Consider decorating the table with fresh flower petals, tiny bouquets, or a garland of flowers. The table should not overpower the cake.

Simply Elegant

Fresh flowers are a natural choice for the bride who wants to add simple elegance to her wedding cake. Whether you are serving cupcakes, sheet cakes, or a larger tiered cake, fresh flowers will bring it to life, adding bursts of color and sunshine to any cake!

Alternatives to Fresh Flowers

If you love the look of flowers and blossoms, your cake designer can create stunningly life-like variations! Silk blooms are a fabulous choice, and look surprisingly real – plus there’s no need to worry about the flowers staying fresh!

Show your guests how in love you are by choosing your wedding cake design straight from your heart! Incorporating unique aspects such as fresh flowers into your wedding cake will truly make it stand out from the crowd!

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