flower cake

beautiful

gorgeous

Wonderful I love how you just made that rose grow and grow into this beautiful design.

There is only one word for this cake BEAUTIFUL!!!

I've always loved this design and you did a fabulous version of it. Just beautiful!

Beautiful!!!! What did you use to attach the center flower to the cake?

Thanks everyone for the nice comments! This was my first wedding cake and it was for a good friend so I was a little nervous! The flower was made on a big straw and then inserted into the cake. :)

First of all great job! This looks amazing!! I have a few questions. I have to do a cake exactly like this for a family members wedding...any tips?? You said you did the flower on a straw and then inserted it, but how did you do that. Also, the bigger petals around it and going down the cake did you work from the outside in or vice versa placing them around the central flower??? Thanks!!

I'll explain it the best I can! I used gumpaste and a medium circle cutter. I used a bubble tea straw. I started with a ball of gumpaste about the size of a bouncy ball and stuck it on the end of the straw. I shaped it slightly in a cone shape, just like if you were making a gumpaste rose. I rolled out the gumpaste very thin and cut out medium circles. I used the ball tool and thin sponge to ruffle and stretch out the petals. I started wrapping the circles around the cone using water to help it sti...