Cherry Blossom Wedding Cake help-how to apply the flowers?
I've been asked to do a cream cheese buttercream icng tiered wedding cake in Oct. I have been researching on how to do the blossoms and I've come across two ways. The first way is found here.
http://sugarteachers.blogspot.com/2009/06/cherry-blossom-tutorial.html
After making these blossoms, are they simple inserted into the cake? Am I supposed to dip them into anything first? I know the floral tape is tacky, so I can't see putting them into the cake like that.
The second way I thought is to do just some sugar paste/fondant blossom without wires. How would I get them to stick to the cake is they are cascading down the side?
I live in Phoenix, AZ where it will still be warm here.
Here is the cake she wants.
http://sugarteachers.blogspot.com/2009/06/cherry-blossom-tutorial.html
After making these blossoms, are they simple inserted into the cake? Am I supposed to dip them into anything first? I know the floral tape is tacky, so I can't see putting them into the cake like that.
The second way I thought is to do just some sugar paste/fondant blossom without wires. How would I get them to stick to the cake is they are cascading down the side?
I live in Phoenix, AZ where it will still be warm here.
Here is the cake she wants.
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Permalink Reply by Loucinda on
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I just used buttercream to attach them to the one I did. (but mine were all small flowers)
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Permalink Reply by ♥Cat♥ on
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This is SO PRETTY Loucinda. I see you used ribbon too. After the icing crusts well, was there no issue with the ribbon getting stains? Are those brown branches piped buttercream or fondant? I like how you went over the ribbon too.......no staining there either? Thank you so much for your reply and sharing this beautiful cake with us.
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Permalink Reply by Deah on
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Buttercream should work fine.
BTW, how are you at smoothing cream cheese buttercream. I can get regular BC smooth as a baby's bottom but I just can't get cream cheese BC smooth to save my life!
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Yes, I used ribbon. I completely saturate the ribbon with "PAM" (non stick spray) before using it on a cake. That way, there is no problem with it getting grease stains! The branches on my cake were just piped chocolate buttercream. Thank you for the nice comments on my cake.
As far as the cream cheese buttercream, are you beating the cc in with the fats really well first? I don't have a problem getting it smooth - I use Earlene Moore's crusting cream cheese icing recipe when I want the cream cheese frosting.
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I have been using the Viva paper towel method until I just tried the roller method a few days ago. It works so much better, at least for me and the icing I used. It was a breeze and I was so happy I finally found the solution to a smooth buttercream.
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Maybe I'm not beating it enough. I'll give it another try. Thanks for the tip.
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Permalink Reply by jeri c on
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The flowers on the cake above are not wired so you would not have to worry about inserting the wire into the cake. To get them onto the cake I would use royal icing. Just a dot and they should stick really easliy and will not slip off.
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Permalink Reply by CornerSpace Cakes on
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I think the best way to get these flowers on the cake would be to use royal icing. It's a great glue for flowers!
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Permalink Reply by Heather Bradford on
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my cherry blossom ckae wasn't tiered and i covered it in fondant but I had a few on the side and it seems to me that the 'glue' i used might still work on butter cream.
I just took a small amount of fondant, some water, in the microwave for a few seconds and then stired it, seems really thing to start with but if you make it a few hours before hand or like i do the night before it's really quite glue like and very effective at attaching the flowers quite solidly.
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Thanks for all your suggestions. As for royal icing as glue, I read the shortening breaks down royal icing.
I think I'm going to have to put my blossoms on wires and use the fondant glue Heather suggests.
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on
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Cat, I would be very careful on the type of wire you will be using...many wires can release toxin into the cake. I will be using wire in my next cake but I will be using coffee stir sticks/straws to insert the wire into. Just a warning, for I have read so much on being very careful with wire. Good luck with your cake.
♥Cat ♥ said:Thanks for all your suggestions. As for royal icing as glue, I read the shortening breaks down royal icing.
I think I'm going to have to put my blossoms on wires and use the fondant glue Heather suggests.
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