Flowers for your wedding cake: sugar or fresh?

Our clients often want their wedding cakes decorated with flowers. It’s very important for us to make sure that all couples ordering our cakes are aware that they can have either sugar flowers or real flowers on their wedding treat. There are different factors to consider when deciding between fresh and sugar flowers.

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6 reasons to choose sugar flowers for your wedding cake

• when made by professional decorators, sugar flowers look ultra realistic
• our talented designers can create unique fantasy sugar flowers that do not exist in nature: blue roses, silver peonies, gold orchids, surrealistic carnations…
• crafted in the exclusive shape, size and color scheme you choose, sugar flowers can match other elements of your wedding décor
• sugar flowers are available throughout the year
• custom-made sugar blossoms can be arranged on a cake in any pattern you choose
• unlike some fresh flowers, all sugar flowers are pesticide-free and sanitized

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Things to consider before ordering

• it takes a lot of time and hard work to create beautiful sugar flowers, therefore they turn out more expensive than fresh flowers
• sugar flowers are edible, but some arrangement may contain wires and other inedible elements for structure
• sugar blossoms can be delicate, but any damages are easily fixable

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6 reasons to choose fresh flowers for your wedding cake

• decorating wedding cakes with fresh flowers is cheaper than using sugar flowers
• ample fresh flower arrangements cascading and trailing along your cake can create a very extravagant and dramatic effect
• fresh flowers on a cake can be perfectly matched with your wedding bouquet
• fresh flowers like roses, violets, pansies, lavender, snapdragons, sunflowers and borage can be crystallized with sugar and then placed on a cake to give it a unique look
• by choosing natural flowers you let your cake shine with natural beauty
• fresh flowers look absolutely amazing on naked cakes

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Things to consider before ordering

• some fresh flowers are poisonous and should not be in contact with food
• a lot of fresh flowers are treated with pesticides and other chemicals
• the taste of real flowers may transfer to your wedding cake
• fresh flowers wilt quickly, losing their natural vibrant color and fresh look

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Whether you choose sugar or real flower displays, lovely blossoms professionally designed by CupCakery florists and cake decorators will look fabulous on your sweet wedding masterpiece!