What Is The Best Kind Of Flower For A Wedding Cake?
Decorating By julesh268 Updated 31 Jul 2010 , 11:44pm by julesh268
I love making bc roses and can do the same in royal frosting, but I am wondering what would be the best flower for a wedding cake? fondont, gum paste, bc, or royal?...or others?
I have a wedding at the end of Sept (my first for my cousin) and am doing my trial run next week.
Thanks for your opinion!
Gumpaste would be my first choice and fondant my second. With gumpaste you can get the petals extremely thin and more realistic. Plus they have a long shelf life.
I think it all depends on the flower and what they wan the flower to look like, and the size of it. You can only go so big with buttercream or royal icing. But for example a buttercream rose looks a lot different than one made out of fondant or gumpaste. I don't think there is a better medium to use, just a better medium to use on a specific design. (oh and if the cake is going to be outside that might change what medium you use too)
I was thinking gumpaste would be the best choice, but I am inexperienced in making them. I can do a trial round and if I am unhappy I think I will go for royal. With bc I just worry too much about someone bumping them...but I guess that could happen to the cake just as easily. 
I can do a trial round and if I am unhappy I think I will go for royal. With bc I just worry too much about someone bumping them...but I guess that could happen to the cake just as easily.
Of course, gumpaste roses will look the most realistic.
I wouldn't make roses with royal icing unless it's for a dummy cake... you wouldn't want people to break a tooth on 'em!
Buttercream roses aren't that fragile especially if you let them air dry in advance then place them on the cake where you want them. They aren't going to get bumped (cake table perhaps)... if buttercream roses get crushed, it's because someone smashed or squeezed them on purpose.
With bc I just worry too much about someone bumping them
You could "worry" about somone sitting on the cake, but that doesn't mean you'd make it from concrete to prevent cake damage.
I never use royal icing for anything on a cake.
With bc I just worry too much about someone bumping them
You could "worry" about somone sitting on the cake, but that doesn't mean you'd make it from concrete to prevent cake damage.
I never use royal icing for anything on a cake.
You ladies make me laugh! Thank you! I LOVE making bc roses and can knock them out with my eyes closed. I think I will try the gum paste and if I can't do them I will go to plan "B" and my true love...bc roses! I think I am old school!
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