How To Arrange Silk Flowers On Wedding Cake

PurplePetunia Posted 2 Jul 2006 , 5:48am

I've never used silk flowers on a cake, just personal preference, but I accept a customer that wants them.

Just wondering how practice you lot get them to stay on the cake?? Practice you actually stick them into the block??

The cake will be fondant covered and volition exist picked upwards one day before the event, so I will accept to put the flowers on before that, so perchance Thurs. night, for a Fri. pick-up and Saturday. event.

Thanks!

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Falenn Posted 2 Jul 2006 , 5:54am

i prolly wont be of any help, but i did a cake the other calendar week in bc, and we stuck the silk flowers in cake. not sure if that was a skillful idea or non, just we did it correct before the guests started to come up. what a deviation it makes.

candy177 Posted ii Jul 2006 , v:54am

Could you put toothpicks into them and stick the toothpicks into the cake? Dowels? Bamboo skewers? Just make sure you tell the customer nigh them.

PurplePetunia Posted 3 Jul 2006 , 1:49am

Thanks both for your suggestions.

I read somewhere on this forum that someone said they insert the stems into plastic straws showtime and and then into the block.

That sounds similar a adept thought and I think I will use the straws, but I simply wanted to make sure that you really stick the flowers into the block???

I won't be setting this cake upwardly. Someone is picking up the block a 24-hour interval earlier the issue.

Thanks again.

CandyLady Posted 3 Jul 2006 , 12:43pm

I recently did a wedding block and bought the small white flower picks for the silk flowers. I would never stick the wires directly into the block. Not sure who handled them before I bought them....

PurplePetunia Posted 6 Jul 2006 , v:02am

Cheers CandyLady, that's a great idea.

I was planning to wrap the stems beginning in floral tape and so insert that into plastic straws, merely I like your idea as well.

Thanks!

jowhip Posted 6 Jul 2006 , 5:07am

Wilton make a cone shaped option that you stick into the cake and can put silk or existent flowers into them. They won't touch any part of the cake because they are inside the cone.
Hope this helps

Kazoot Posted 6 Jul 2006 , five:08am

1 affair to think of is that they might slip out of the straws. Perchance y'all could put a dab of icing in the straw and and then insert the stems. It would make sure no air got to the cake, besides.....Just something to think about.

~~Donna

PurplePetunia Posted half-dozen Jul 2006 , two:07pm

Ooooh, Kazoot! I didn't think about that!!
Thanks for pointing that out!

The question I really have is whether or not the silk flowers were to exist stuck into the cake or simply fastened with icing to the summit of the cake??

I know a lot of people stick it in, but I was wondering if anyone just puts them on top??

Thanks.

CandyLady Posted half dozen Jul 2006 , two:56pm

if yous are just putting them on top of cake, there are modest dishes y'all can place them in. You may want to buy a small piece of florist foam and stick them in that....I would tape the florist cream to the dish first. I did some wedding cheesecakes and placed a circular of wax paper on top of each and laid silk flowers on the round. But don't let them come in contact with the cake. pat

PurplePetunia Posted 6 Jul 2006 , 3:03pm

Information technology'southward simply near iii calla lilies and some greenery that I want to put onto fondant covered cakes. So the waxed paper sounds more like what I need to do to.

Thanks so much for your assistance CakeLady, and everyone else who fabricated suggestions. I am doing more wedding cakes, and then I know all your tips/advice will come in handy.

Purple Petunia

jmt1714 Posted 6 Jul 2006 , four:12pm

why not let the silk flowers come up into contact with the cake? what are we worried nearly?

renee Posted 8 Jul 2006 , 2:18am

i use silk flowers all the time on my cakes. all i ever exercise is just stick the stems into the cake. we've washed information technology similar that for years.

shrek Posted 8 Jul 2006 , viii:17pm

I commonly use the silk flowers in my cakes. i wrap the stems in floral tape, sometimes I apply the straws likewise.

Jenn123 Posted eight Jul 2006 , 10:08pm

I've done lots of silks on cakes. I only pull the flowers and leaves off the stems. Then I squeeze icing on the block in dissimilar heights and stick the flower on. (Just like you lot would do with BC roses.

Pearls, infant'south breath, and ribbons can spruce information technology up too.

PurplePetunia Posted 8 Jul 2006 , 11:25pm

Thanks for everyone'southward input.

I concluded up simply making a bouquet out of the flowers and laying them on superlative of the cake.

This was my first time using silk flowers, so everyone's tips/advice was helpful.

Thanks

cake4less Posted xviii Aug 2013 , 12:19pm

This is my starting time floral organization for a wedding cake. It is made of cala lilly's and little white flowers. You've given some expert ideas on how to do the peak of the cake. This organization has three strands of flowers flowing downward the cake. Any suggestions on how to do that and hook them into the centerpiece on top?