{"id":22873,"date":"2017-10-24T17:43:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/?p=22873"},"modified":"2022-04-22T07:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:23:06","slug":"decorating-cakes-with-edible-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/decorating-cakes-with-edible-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorating Cakes with Edible Flowers – Flowers to Use and Decorating Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve all seen stunning<\/em> professional cakes decorated with edible flowers. Using flowers is an extremely easy and beautiful way to decorate cakes at home, too. You can hide frosting flaws<\/strong> with beautiful blooms and add loads of color to your creations<\/strong> without ever having to use food coloring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, with help from Martine Lleonart, author of Let’s Party: Unique Kids’ Birthday Party Ideas<\/em><\/a>, you’ll learn everything you need to know about choosing and using edible flowers for cakes. I also turn to St. Louis florist Kelly Jurotich to practice some of these techniques myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you’ll read below, you probably don’t want to dig into the flower bouquet that you received for your birthday<\/strong> – but there are times where you could. Even so, just because you could doesn’t mean you should. Flower petals are better in small doses!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Choosing Edible Flowers for Cakes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edible flowers have become very popular recently, and with good reason: edible flowers are a simple and fun way to make any dish beautiful<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you go throwing handfuls of flowers onto your food, there are a few things to note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Not all flowers are edible.<\/strong> In fact, some are poisonous.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Many flowers grown commercially are sprayed with pesticides and fertilizers.<\/strong> Be sure to check with your florist where they sourced their flowers and what conditions they were grown in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Don’t be tempted to pluck a few blooms grown on the side of the road.<\/strong> Not only are they grown with all those yucky car fumes, but you never know what the local council has sprayed on them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Always wash flowers before you use them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    The following flowers are edible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n