Design & Decorate Cakes Well!

Fresh edible flowers make gorgeous and easy cake decorations. Look for lovely colourful flowers such as sweet violets, lavender, honeysuckle, rose petals, bachelor’s buttons, johnny-jump ups, and calendulas just to name a few. Pile on these flowers on a frosted cake or even just a plain cake.

- 

For an added touch, dusting the flowers with super fine sugar gives a wonderful sparkly glow to your creation. Readily available candied violets and candied rose petals also add that special touch to a decorated cake.

Just be sure when using flowers as a decoration that they are clean, all the parts you are using are non-toxic, and that they are pesticide free.

Another great way to spice up a cake is with fresh fruits. Fresh berries can be piled on top of cake, sprinkled with confectioners’ sugar and garnished with a few fresh mint leaves. Whole strawberries placed around the outside of a chocolate cake add a touch of color. Kiwis, grapes, orange sections, and strawberries can be arranged on the top of a cake and glazed with shiny syrup.

Fresh sliced figs with dollops of whipped cream can also be arranged decoratively on the top of a cake. These are just a few of the many ways fruit can be used in decorating cakes. Using caramel dipped, sugar-dusted, or candied fruit and/or rinds can also add a nice finishing touch to a beautiful cake.