Sunday Sweets: Flowery Praise
April 29, 2018 Today? No sculpting. Just beautiful cakes-that-look-like cakes, plus gorgeous sugar flowers.
LET'S DO THIS.
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(By Cakes by Mifa)
Those soft ombré ruffles are like a dream vacation for my eyes. Ahhhh. And isn't it amazing how that one sugar branch makes the whole cake?
I love how the lilies pop on this monochromatic number:
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(By Dream Cake Factory)
Like a line drawing come to life!
I've seen wedding cakes modeled after the bride's gown, but here's a first for me: one that matches the Flower Girl!
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(By HapiCakes, now renamed Hazel Wong Cake Design)
Ah! So perfect!
The baker calls this next one "coffee and cream":
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Fantastic brush embroidery on the flowers, and those soft ruffles & flower sprays are putting the "chic" in "shabby chic."
Or, for a more modern look:
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(By Ames Cake Creations)
If this were an art exhibit I'd call it, "Flower, Deconstructed." So cool!
And if you really want to amp up the drama:
(By White Rose Bakery [now closed], via The Perfect Palette)
It doesn't get more timeless than this! Wowza.
Most sugar flowers are technically edible, but of course you wouldn't really WANT to eat them.
Buttercream flowers, on the other hand?
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(By Arty Cakes)
Delicious *and* delightful.
Here's another cool design: the bottom tier looks like one giant flower:
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Or maybe more like four giant flowers, put together. Whichever, I LIKE.
And these bright colors & little corkscrew vines = instant summertime fun.
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(Google can't find this one at all, so I think it must be from Facebook. Anyone recognize it?)
Looking at this, I almost don't mind that it's still 93 degrees outside. Almost.
And this cool blue beauty has a retro flair to it that I'm really digging:
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(Photo by Captured Moments Photography, but there are so many I can't tell which one, and baker unknown. Anyone recognize it?)
Really love the modern shapes to the tiers, though, which complement each other beautifully.
And finally, a pastel rainbow so stunning I had to look three times to make sure they weren't real flowers:
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Mmmmm. Rainbowy flower goodness. And the quilting! And gold leaf stripes! Definitely my happy place for the day.
Hope you guys found some happy here, too! Happy Sunday!
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Reader Comments (11)
Buttercream flowers :D
Lovely. The coffee and cream one is probably my favourite, also love the first one and the all-over buttercream flowers one. Amazing skill in all of them though.
Seriously, how do you tell sugar from real? I am pretty good at spotting buttercream in a pic but the others I imagine my mom running away sneezing, yelling "get it out, get it out!"
All these cakes were pretty, but as a Virginian, I especially liked the first one with our state flower, the Dogwood, on it. Don't see them very often and these were really well-done.
"Most sugar flowers are technically edible, but of course you wouldn't really WANT to eat them." This made me think of a family story. My parents were married right after the end of WWII, and the flowers on the cake were not made of sugar because it was still in short supply. They managed to warn everyone but my Dad, who snitched one and popped it into his mouth on the way to the receiving line . . . where he then had to smile and make small talk with a mouthful of lard.
Oh NO! Why did White Rose Bakery close? D:
Beautiful!
Wow. I like the first one best. Simple, yet extraordinary.
The second cake from the bottom makes me think of a Tiffany box and the special gift found inside it!
The second cake from the bottom makes me think of a Tiffany box and the special gift found inside it!
Pardon my ignorance, but why wouldn't we want to eat sugar flowers?