Real or frosting flowers on cake?

[Jennmarie]

I am meeting with a lady who is going to bake our cakeon friday and I've looked at a lot of pictures and ideas, but I cant decide. I love the look of real flowers on the cake, but im not sure how hard it is to coordinate between the florist and all that. What have you guys done, or are doing for yours, real or frosting flowers? I am just so indecisive....These are some pictures of the ideas we have for the cake. We want a square one like the first picture, and flowers like the one on the round cakes, or something similar to it anway. Thanks again guys, I dont know what I would do without this site!

-Jenn

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/jennm33/large_image.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/jennm33/Stargazer_Lily_Wedding_Cake.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/jennm33/Wedding_Cake_14.jpg

[horse345]

I'm doing real. I like them better. My cake baker has no problem working with my florist on it. Ask your baker if they know your florist (chances are they might) and they will know what to expect when working with them.

[Jennmarie]

I actually haven't booked a florist yet, that and the cake are really my last two big things to do! I have a few in mind, but the lady im having do my cake works out of her home and lives like 45 min away from where we are getting married, so im not sure if she would know the florist, but im sure there is a way they can work together somehow. I just dont know if it will be too much of a hassle or not. I just know she will ask me friday and want to be prepared and have an idea of what I want before I go in.

[WebLady]

I have always liked flowers on the cake; I would think that real flowers would be cheaper than the edible ones.

[SunnyAB]

We are going to have real flowers. I think as long as the florist knows the bakery's ideas or what the cake is going to look like (how much room there will be for flowers) and vice versa, you shouldn't have any problems. The only thing I would be careful of, is if the flowers are going directly onto your cake (like flower to frosting) to make sure your florist uses flowers that are pesticide etc free. Want to keep everyone safe, and make sure no one has any chance of ingesting any of that stuff! :-)

[RosieAngel]

I had real flowers on my cake! It was no problem, really. The florist just asked for teh cake baker's number and vice-versa. Not sure what they did day of, since I was busy making myself pretty most of the day, but hey, it worked!

[Kfancii]

Your florist should be well versed in putting flowers on the cake. When I was working in the floral shops, we did it all the time. You just have be sure that your baker has the cake at the reception hall and completely decorated before the florist arrives. The flowers are generally just laid on the cake and not pushed into the icing, so I don't think you have to worry too much about anyone getting sick from them.

One thing you might consider asking your baker before you make a final decision is how much is the price difference between the icing flowers and a plain cake? The cost of wedding cakes vary based on how elaborate the decor is and how labor intensive the decorating is going to be. The price difference could be a deciding factor for you as well.

[gwenshack]

I'm doing real - I love how it looks. :)

[FutureKelley]

We are doing real flowers. I love the look of sugar flowers, but there isn't anyone around here who could do those for us. But, I'm just as happy with real!

P.S. We are doing Stargazer Lillies on ours as well. ;)

[Micah's bride]

I like real flowers, they look so pretty...but we aren't having any flowers on our cake. I wanted something very simple. It should be easy for your florist and cake baker to communicate and figure it all out.

[Deanna2112001]

Real.. Here too:o

[wannabeNurse2]

My cake lady told me that flowers made out of fondant would be cheaper than real flowers. My florist told me silk flowers would cost $50 for a three tier round cake! I didn't even bother to ask how much real calla lilies and roses would cost.

[MrsDM]

I am doing fake flowers on my cake. Partly because I saw a picture of a white cake with green hydrangeas and strawberries. My florist said that hydrangeas don't keep very long and therefore suggested fake ones for my bouquet and thus putting fake on the cake. I am going to get the hydrangeas from the florist and the strawberries from a local fruit market and going to have somebody get them to the bakery the day before or make sure they are in the ballroom the morning of.

[Whitewater]

We're doing real. Since we have to get a bunch of red roses from Costco anyway (vases for the guestbook table and single stems for the centerpieces) and since they come (naturally!) in amounts that are either not enough or WAY too much, we're just going to order the smaller one and then pick up a red rose bouquet the day of, or possibly the day before, to make up the difference.

We're just going to put the flowers in between the 2nd and 3rd tier of our cake, so it won't require a florist -- we'll just do it ourselves. Maybe have my mother do it . . . . that'll keep her out of trouble!

And no, we aren't planning on having the stems stuck into the cake. Just rest the flowers on top.

Shouldn't be too difficult!


Whitewater (yeah, I know. . . famous last words . . . )

[sjk1431]

We used real flowers and the florist had no problem working with our cake lady. I loved how ours turned out.

[Brian's Bride]

We also used real flowers. The cake was delivered to the reception hall in the morning, and the florist was there by noon to top off the cake. Worked out slick.

[Kfancii]

We're doing real. Since we have to get a bunch of red roses from Costco anyway (vases for the guestbook table and single stems for the centerpieces) and since they come (naturally!) in amounts that are either not enough or WAY too much, we're just going to order the smaller one and then pick up a red rose bouquet the day of, or possibly the day before, to make up the difference.

We're just going to put the flowers in between the 2nd and 3rd tier of our cake, so it won't require a florist -- we'll just do it ourselves. Maybe have my mother do it . . . . that'll keep her out of trouble!

And no, we aren't planning on having the stems stuck into the cake. Just rest the flowers on top.

Shouldn't be too difficult!


Whitewater (yeah, I know. . . famous last words . . . )

This should be a easy thing for Mom to do Whitewater. My suggestion would be to have your baker put one of those small cake plates/seperators on the top of the two tiers that you intend to put flowers on, and to pipe a small mound of icing in the middle of the plate. Then you can use that icing to arrange your flowers in, but it won't be in the cake icing. This works out great because when you go to cut the cake, you just remove the plate and flowers together.

[f77g4]

I think we're going to be using fake flower petals for ours.

I'd be too concerned about real flowers and pesticides I think.

[girlggc]

We're going to have sugar flowers on ours.

[KMS]

We didn't have any flowers on our cake, but I probably would have chosen real organically grown flowers if we had wanted flowers at all.