Confetti and Cake

As we’re sure a lot of you are aware it was the final of The Great British Bake Off this week and the pièce de résistance was none other than a confetti wedding cake!

With our feet up and a cup of tea in hand we watched as winner Frances Quinn baked her way to first place with this confectionary masterpiece. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2472013/Great-British-Bake-Off-final-winner-Frances-Quinn.html

Maybe it’s the bake off hype or the change in season but it seems that we’re all craving a bit more of the sweet stuff recently. As a result we’ve been getting a lot more enquiries about whether our confetti can be used as cake decorations.

Although our petals haven’t been through the strict procedures needed for an edible product they can still certainly be used as decoration to your baked goods. 

Our freeze dried rose petals come in a spectrum of colours and look wonderful when placed delicately on top of iced cupcakes. Elegant, simple and easy to remove just before eating…

The same can be said for our dried peony heads which are perfect for decorating larger cakes - like wedding cakes!

Being dried these flower decorations will stay looking wonderful for 3 to 4 months - plenty of time for all your cakes to be gobbled up!  

Another great tip when it comes to using real flowers as cake decorations is to crystalize them first. Do this by painting your flowers with egg white and sprinkling with icing sugar. Leave your flowers to dry overnight and voila – the next morning you’ll have pretty crystalized posies to use as decorations!

We hope we (and TGBBO) have inspired you to use flowers in your cake decoration! If we have then send us in your snaps for our Facebook page and customer gallery! 

Love as always SP xx