Do you know it’s only three steps to learn how to make sugar flowers for wedding cakes? For this DIY sugar flowers for wedding cakes, you’ll make gum paste flowers, dragees, flower cutters, and a veining tool.

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We’ll also discuss what ingredients are typically needed when making sugar flowers. But if you want to learn how to use real flowers on the wedding cake, you can also read how to put fresh flowers on a wedding cake.

How To Make Sugar Flowers For Wedding Cakes

Step 1. Prepare the gum paste

The easiest type of sugar flower you can use on wedding cakes is made from gum paste; you can select any color you want for the sugar flower petals
To make sugar flowers from gum paste, roll it thinly over a flat surface; a recipe you can make for wedding cake flowers is made from powdered sugar, meringue powder, tylose, and vanilla extract
Use a petal cutter tool to cut out the petals for your sugar flowers from the rolled gum paste
To make the sugar flower petals look more professional-looking, use a sponge and ball tool to thin their edges similar to the edges of real flower petals
Depending on the number of sugar flowers you’ll need, prepare enough petals you want for each bloom according to how big they should be

Step 2. Decorate the sugar flowers with details

Making sugar flowers is easy, but to make your cake decors look better, you must add details on each flower
Work one petal at a time with your veining tool; this tool will help you add vein marks on the petals for added design
Experiment with the placement of the tool; you also don’t need to vein all sugar flower petals
Pinch the end of each petal to create pointed and curved ends
Allow the sugar flower petals to dry for an hour before assembling your edible floral decors for the wedding cake

Step 3. Assemble the sugar flowers

After making the gum paste cake petal flowers, you will create the flowers
Set petals on the other and attach with fondant glue
You may need to pinch the petals if the edges lose their shape; then, apply glue to keep them pinched
For the flower center, you’ll glue a dragee in the middle of the flower
Finish all the sugar flowers and let them set before decorating your wedding cake

What Do I Need To Make Sugar Flowers?

If you want to make DIY sugar flowers home, you’re not limited to learning how to make gum paste flowers. You can turn other ingredients into flowers to prepare the best wedding decors for your specific wedding cake.

Fondant flowers

Roll a fondant with a color of your choice until it’s around ⅛ inches thick over a flat surface with a bit of shortening to prevent the fondant from sticking
Trim the edges to create a triangle with the fondant and cut a strip around 2 inches wide and 2 inches long to make one sugar rose for the wedding cake
Fold the fondant strip lengthwise without pressing the sides together and roll it up
Pinch the bottom to create a cone and squeeze the folded portion to create a better rose shape
Let the fondant flowers harden for 24 hours before decorating

Royal icing flowers

Whisk water and meringue powder in a bowl until foamy, then add powdered sugar until it’s thoroughly mixed
Add vanilla and continue mixing to form stiff peaks
Divide the royal icing into different bowls for the colors of your sugar flowers
Scoop the royal icing onto a piping bag with the tip suitable for the wedding cake flower you’re making
Pipe into a wax paper and let them dry overnight

Candied flowers

Whisk egg whites until frothy
Pour superfine sugar into another bowl
Take a fresh edible flower by the stem with tweezers and brush the petals with the egg white mixture lightly
Dip the coated flower into the sugar until it’s evenly covered
Allow the flower to dry and harden over wax paper for 36 hours
Repeat on all the flowers for the cake; make sure that you’re candied flowers are made from safe, organic, and edible blooms

Read how to decorate a wedding cake to get the most of your wedding design with these flower recipes.

How Do You Arrange Sugar Flowers On A Wedding Cake?

Use your wedding cake theme as a guide to know what colors should contrast and complement each other
Use sugar flowers that are different in height when decorating a wedding cake to create a more professional-looking decor
Experiment with how deep you put the sugar flowers on the cake for a natural look, especially if you want the sugar flowers to face different directions like in nature
You don’t need to overfill the top of the wedding cake with flowers
Consider one-sided or asymmetrical arrangements over the cake

Conclusion

And that’s it! You just learned how to make sugar flowers for wedding cakes in three easy steps.

You will cut petals from gum paste, add details, and then use fondant glue to construct the sugar flower. Alternatively, you can use fondant, royal icing, or candied fresh flowers for your wedding cake sugar flowers.