?? Concerning Throw Away Bouquet As Cake Topper . . .
Decorating By Suzycakes Updated 7 Sep 2007 , 3:56pm by Chef_Stef
I have a wedding cake for tomorrow and I have searched the boards here looking for an answer or solution and I haven't found exactly what I am looking for -- so I am hoping someone can help.
The top tier of the cake is a 6" square iced in buttercream and the bride is using her throw away bouquet as the cake topper. I have the list of good vs bad flowers and I am going over that with the florist later this morning and I will ask her to rinse those flowers before making that bouquet to eliminate any pesticide threat. Should I place a piece of parchment paper on top of the top layer to prevent any bleeding of color and possible allergens from the flowers or stamens -- and also to possibly prevent buttercream from 'flying' across the room when she tosses the bouquet?
There is a cake in the summer issue of Martha Stewart Weddings on page 88 that gave the bride the idea for this topper - if you have that magazine to refer to. I tried to find a picture of it to attach as a reference but it was not on her website.
I'm just trying to figure out the best way to place the bouquet on the cake and not disturb the icing in any way.
As always - thanks for your help.
Suzycakes
Sorry don't have the picture, but wanted to suggest something that might help.
How about a posy pick? The florist would have one. I get mine from Michaels. You insert it into the cake and then put the flower stem into the pick instead of the cake and it wouldn't be laying on the cake either.
"I personally would create a gumpaste plaque but I know you don't want to disturb the icing though...."
Good luck and sorry I could not be more helpful.
Okay - I had not thought of a gumpaste placque. I could do that.
The bouquet will have a large satin ribbon tied around the stems that will drape down one size of the cake - so I can't insert the stems into the cake.
But the placque is an excellent idea - Or I guess I could also make it from candy melts - I'm low on gumpaste at the moment and don't have the time to travel another 40+ miles one way to get some!
Thank you.
I did one this summer (for lack of ANY flowers for the cake at the last minute), but we stuck it in the cake inside a large hidden pillar cut to length.
If you're wanting to lay it across the top of the cake, I'd just take a 6" cake round (cardboard) and cover it with some matching fancy-foil (if you want to get fancy, you could cover it with royal icing and pipe a line/border around the edge of the cardboard), then place that on the top cake and the bouquet on top of that. That way it won't get any icing on it. And you won't have to run 40 miles for GP.
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