This year I decided to try my hand at an elegant flower cake for my 15 year old. I have always admired cakes that use live flowers, but have never dared try my hand at it until now. I had great inspiration ideas, however quickly learned that the great limitation of this type of cake is the type of flowers you can find at the store.
My original color scheme did not work out, so I ended up going with a flower-fruit combo which gave me the attractive look that I wanted, but ended up feeling more like a wedding cake. Also, because of scheduling I had to make it the night before which meant by the time it was actual cake eating time, the fruit and flowers were a little wilted. Mental note: these types of cakes are best made as close to the celebration as possible.
In addition to decorating with new items, I also decided last minute to put some fresh fruit in the cake. I sliced up some strawberries and layered them with the frosting between the layers. It worked great until I found small areas of red juice leaking out of the side of my cake and down the white frosting. Another great learning moment for me!
In the end, it was a very beautiful cake, it tasted delicious, and Allie was very happy with it. I would definitely attempt this type of cake again, but will do a little better being sure I can find the types and colors of flowers that I am envisioning.
