Flower Ideas For Hawiian Themed Wedding Cake??? Help
Decorating By CarrieBear Updated 26 Apr 2009 , 9:22pm by CarrieBear
I am goin to be making a Hawaiin themed wedding cake for a friend.
I want to do some flowers that might be fitting, I have done gum paste flowers and have the wilton gumpaste kit, but I really dont know a lot about flowers, what are some tropical / Hawaiian flowers that arent too complicated that I might be able to incorporate into the cake, any ideas???
How about plumeria? I think that's the flower used in leis?
I made hibiscus using the wilton kit. They were my first flowers and it worked out ok. I used the orchid cutter (3 petals) cut out 2 of these, trimmed away one of the petals (now I had 5 petals in total) ruffled the edges and used the viening impression piece (not sure exactly what its called) to give some texture to the petals. I glued the two pieces together - evening out the spacing of the petals and let it dry over a hoop of paper towel (to give it shape)
Before it dried I poked a hole in the centre for the stamen to sit. I painted the after.
They weren't too bad.
HTH good luck
I agree with the above posters. Hibiscus and Plumeria are classice Hawaiin flowers. They both bring Hawaii to mind immediately when I see them, especially the Hibiscus. Good luck! I wish someone would order a Hawaiin cake from me. I'd love to do one!
Does anyone have plumeria instructions. These look like what I've seen referred to as frangipani. Are they the same thing?
Yes, frangipani and plumeria are the same flower. 
Does anyone have plumeria instructions. These look like what I've seen referred to as frangipani. Are they the same thing?
here you go:
http://www.fira.com.au/Frangipani.htm
Thank you SO much for that! I've been hunting high and low and all I've been able to find are directions for the buttercream version.
I made hibiscus using the wilton kit. They were my first flowers and it worked out ok. I used the orchid cutter (3 petals) cut out 2 of these, trimmed away one of the petals (now I had 5 petals in total) ruffled the edges and used the viening impression piece (not sure exactly what its called) to give some texture to the petals. I glued the two pieces together - evening out the spacing of the petals and let it dry over a hoop of paper towel (to give it shape)
Before it dried I poked a hole in the centre for the stamen to sit. I painted the after.
They weren't too bad.
HTH good luck
bummer your pic isnt loading 
not sure if its just my computer maybe I will try later,thanks for the help!
I agree with the above posters. Hibiscus and Plumeria are classice Hawaiin flowers. They both bring Hawaii to mind immediately when I see them, especially the Hibiscus. Good luck! I wish someone would order a Hawaiin cake from me. I'd love to do one!
Yeah it should be fun and a learning experience, I will have to post pics when its all done next month! Its her wedding present for a friend, so a free cake... cant be too picky, she is just letting me do whatever I want.. thats always fun too 
Does anyone have plumeria instructions. These look like what I've seen referred to as frangipani. Are they the same thing?
here you go:
http://www.fira.com.au/Frangipani.htm
thank you! I had been trying to figure those out, and those are great instructions for those, all I could find on those was a really bad you tube video.... Thank You!!!!
Why not use real orchids? I made a wedding cake for a couple who eloped to Hawaii, and then had a reception for friends and family in Massachusetts.
kaat - THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! I need to make some hibiscus this evening or tomorrow morning and yours are gorgeous and I (for once) understand the directions just from reading it. (I'm a very visual learner!) Now I just have to make sure I have that orchid cutter...
Andrea
Why not use real orchids? I made a wedding cake for a couple who eloped to Hawaii, and then had a reception for friends and family in Massachusetts.
yeah. that would be the easy route to go, but I need to practice my gumpaste skills and this is a wedding present and also good practice for me, I need the experience. This is my first wedding cake ever, I am being alittle ambitious, but I want it all to be things that I made by hand. Im sure after this whole thing is said and done I will never want to do all this again 
but its for one of my best friends so I dont mind...
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