I have a bride who is interested in having this detailing done on the edge of her cake.

Can anyone shed some light on how to do this? Is it royal icing "pre" piped and then attached or just buttercream directly attached to the cake's edges.

Also - It looks like the flowers were just "placed" on the cake - I thought this was a "no-no" any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Monique

It is hard to see...

Is it a leaf tip?

To me it looks like the leaf tip used piped right on the cake

It looks like it is tip 352. And it looks like they piped it directly to the cake. They don't look like they were pre-piped and then placed. Could be Royal icing or buttercream. Both would work the same way. The flowers were most likely attached at the stem with a post pushed down into the cake to keep them secure.
Just my thoughts on it.

Lazy_Susan

Yeah, I would say leaf tip piped onto the cake.......

I remembered seeing a tip on leaf garlands on MS's website. Here you go! HTH!

http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=channel172028&contentGroup=MSL&site=living

bikegal

Would the cake tips break or fall off with a non crusting icing on delivery to the wedding reception?

The flowers just looks as if they were placed randomly on the cake - nothing in between them and the icing which I thought you weren't supposed to do. I am gonna get those tips and practice.

Thanks again!

Monique

Well, if you get organic roses I believe you can eat them. There is an article on the Articles tab that talks about what flowers are save on a cake.
Edit
here..

http://www.cakecentral.com/article18-List-of-Non-Toxic-Flowers-for-Garnishing-your-Cake.html

Thanks bikegal. The pic looks pretty hard to do but the directions make it simple looking. I have to try it one day!

Yes, someone asked the same question on another fourm about the safety of flowers and yes, there is a long list of flowers that can be placed on cakes with no problem.

Here is a very nice list of flowers to use and NOT to use.

http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blflowers.htm

Yep, you are welcome, ttowndiva ! I like this list because when you click on the name of the flowers, it shows you a picture of it so you actually get to see what it looks like!