By Leigh Crandall, Martha Stewart
Once upon a time, a cake with artful sugar flowers
and fruit would take countless hours and expert skills to create. But
thanks to a new crop of sources, you can order realistic-looking
decorations in materials like gum paste and fondant, then apply them to
plain tiers for a truly wedding-worthy confection. Whether you're
looking to go all out and rim each tier with an abundance of fine-looking flowers, create
patterns out of ones that are small and edible, or if you simply want
to enrich the elegance of your cake with a floral arrangement right on
top, anything is possible.
The best part is, there are so many options for edible florals and
ways to use them. Simply put, you're guaranteed the unique,
one-of-a-kind cake you've always dreamed of. Want to give these edible
arrangements a try? Here, a few looks to spark some serious inspiration
for wedding cakes decked out with the most realistic faux flowers we've
ever seen. Looks like you can have your flowers on your cake and eat them, too.
Make It Simple
If you're using larger flowers, you don't need a lot of
them
to take a cake from bare to beautiful. Try a single fondant orchid
per tier for a look that's both elegant and effortless.
The Details: Orchid fondant flowers, $24 for 3, sugargardencupcakes.etsy.com.
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The Details: White parrot-tulip sugar flowers and white cosmos sugar flowers, $35 for 3, juliekonsewicz.etsy.com.
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Scale Each Tier
The Details: Petit gum-paste daisies, $27 for 36, caljavaonline.com. Wilton daisy icing decorations, from $6 for 12, joann.com. Wilton mini daisy icing decorations, from $11 for 32, amazon.com. Martha Stewart Collection cake stand, 12", $65, macys.com.
