My mom is turning 65 this year (August) and we are throwing her a big surprise party. I want to do a 3 tier cake with blue flowers. I was thinking about having the flowers cascading down the tiers.
What I want to know is...how do I pull this off without it looking like a wedding cake?
My daughter turned sixteen this year and she wanted exactly what you are explaining. I added butterflies and a tiera so it woiuldn't look like a wedding cake. Maybe you could make "65" out of gumpaste or chocolate and tied it in that way
Avoid classic wedding cake traps. Do not use traditional borders or swags. Change up the flower so that it is more modern - less wedding cakey. Maybe offset the cakes so that it is more like steps than a traditional stacked wedding cake. You could then use the additional area to add more decoration(ie garden theme: park bench, bumble bee etc.).
Last, wedding cake is still cake. So, there's going to be a lot of similarities. Don't sweat it too much.
A chocolate cake with blue flowers is very pretty. I had planned on making one similar to this for my birthday.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1665544.html
Avoid classic wedding cake traps. Do not use traditional borders or swags. Change up the flower so that it is more modern - less wedding cakey. Maybe offset the cakes so that it is more like steps than a traditional stacked wedding cake. You could then use the additional area to add more decoration(ie garden theme: park bench, bumble bee etc.).
Last, wedding cake is still cake. So, there's going to be a lot of similarities. Don't sweat it too much.
Thanks for the great ideas. I like the butterfly idea. Can I make them out of royal icing? I haven't dabbled in gumpaste yet...I'm scared lol.
I could also make some bumble bees out of fondant for the flowers. If I can pull it off I would love to make some lilacs...they are her favorite.
And its very easy to make butterflies out of royal. and then dust them with different colors. It looks really good 
And its very easy to make butterflies out of royal. and then dust them with different colors. It looks really good
Would I make them on foil so I can fold the foil so the butterflies look like they are "flying"?
Sorry for the delay...Its been a busy weekend. What I did was made them on wax paper just the wings (not the body's). Let them dry, dusted them then I made the bodys4x4 peices of wax paper. I use stamens for the antenna's and the stuck the wings in the body and laid them on Wilton flower formers to make them stand up. They look great! Good luck
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