Baby Shower Sugar Flowers
If you've seen well made sugar flowers you would know...they really look real. They have a porcelain looking finish to them, sometimes incorporating the daintiest details of something real, like veins in a leaf for instance. Color can be added to the dough directly, or air brushed to create blends that are so right on, that you really can't tell if they're real unless you touch them. So why not just use the real thing on your baby shower cake? When it was discovered that a lot of fresh flowers were toxic at the end of the 19th century, sugar flowers were born. They can be any color, in any season, and there is no risk of poisoning, wilting or not being the perfect shade of pink that matches your bridesmaids dresses, tablecloths or whatever else you're aiming to match. Sometimes its not the flower itself that is poisonous, but the pesticides used while it's being grown. Many bakers prefer to use sugar flowers, especially on shower cakes, because they have more of a sophisticated and polished look. Using hand made flowers also allows them to control the scale, color proportion and overall size of the flower. Sugar flowers are made from a dough called gum paste, and they are, of course, edible! Good pastry chefs hand make them themselves, and do not order them from a factory where they’re mass produced. An excellent pastry chef will also be able to create flowers, leaves or fruits of such high quality, that they will look like the real thing. If you’ve seen these creations in person before, then you know that they’re true works of art. To get inspired for that perfect baby shower cake design, make sure to check out our Baby Shower Cake Gallery
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