The big decision ~ how to display sugar flowers.
I spend way too much time on line looking at floral design ideas.
A couple of different styles I really like are the S-Curve and Crescent shapes
How to create this small floral spray for your cake
Real flowers for design ideas
How to create this small floral spray for your cake
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| Gumpaste rose spray |
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| Crescent Shape |
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| S-Curve |
How do they wire those delicate sugar flowers so close together. how heavy is it, do they break easily while assembling, how do I add them to a cake???
Some helpful hints before you start.
- First I find some photos for ideas like the ones at the top of the page
- Then I gather supplies: flowers, wires, tape and wire cutter Note: the gage wire depends on how heavy the flowers and leaves are you are using and how large the spray.
- I like to lay out all the flowers I want to include- I chose the rose as a focal flower(s) sage and jasmine for the smaller filler flowers, and leaves.
- It helps me if I tape small clusters of flowers together that can then be added to the main stem
- It is also helpful for me to arrange the flowers I plan to use in the order I will assemble. Sort of a guide to keep me organized as I start assembling. I start from the top and work down.
- Remember to re-enfoce the main stem with a heavier gage wires as you add more flowers.
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| Flowers I am using Roses, leaves, sage, jasmine |
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| taping into small groups |
To Begin
- I started with the smaller delicate flowers at the top which I chose Chinese Jasmine.
- Tape a few wired groups onto the main stem of a heavier gage wire. Tape each group a little below each other which starts to add length. I started with a 22g wire as the main stem. (Photo 1)
- Add a heavier wire at the base to re-enforce and add length to add more flowers. I chose rose leaves. Tape 2 groups for enough to overlap the Jasmine, adding some volume and fill empty space (Photo 2)
- Add a focal flower at this point - I used a smaller rose with leaves and Sage with leaves. I wired both separately, then taped that to the main stem. (Photo 3)
- At this point you can add another heavier gage wire from the base for support to add more flowers
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| Photo 3 |
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| Photo 2 |
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| Photo 1 |
- The remaining flowers I will add and I already assembled one of the roses with leaves. (Photo 4)
- I just need to assemble the another rose, leaves and bud together. (Photo 4)
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| Photo 4 |
- Now I have the two roses pieces ready to tape to the main stem (Photo 5)
- You might need to add a heavier wire to the main stem at this point before adding the roses. Note: you might only need to add the roses and not additional wire if you think it is sturdy.
- Place them high enough to hide gaps and the arrangement looks full. (Photo 6)
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| Photo 5 |
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| Photo 6 |
Almost finished. There is the one open area on the bottom left to fill in where I am adding the Sage.
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| Bottom left to fill in |
- Tape the last flower, again high enough to fill in gaps (Photo 7)
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| Photo 7 |
The finished floral spray
Now you can adjust it to curve more or less. If you make an identical one you can place them together and have a full crescent shape.
I like to keep them small so they don't get too heavy
A few rose sprays were added to the cake
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| Gumpaste rose spary |
