Christmas Flower Cake

How to Create a Display for your Christmas Cake

Cake top arrangements can be made two ways – wired or in foam. The floral wholesalers sell a foam holder called an Iglu which you can fill with flowers and place directly on top of the cake. Wiring however gives you more flexibility and movement in the design although the principles of putting it together and the same for both wired and foam and fresh and artificial flowers.

For Christmas it is lovely to have an all round pointed shape, reflecting the shape of the Christmas tree. It is also nice to use “Christmassy” colours such as reds and greens. Always make sure, if you are using fresh flowers, to spray the design before it goes on top of the cake. Never spray flowers in position as this could damage your cake, particularly if you have used icing.

Materials

Three small headed roses; hyperiucm berries; ivy leaves; foliage; ribbon

Method

• Ensure that all flower and foliage material is cleaned, cut , wired and taped
• Take one rose as a focal flower and graduate the other two around it and below it
• Surround the roses with berries and then surround with foliage
• Make a small ribbon bow and add to design
• Surround design with ivy leaves
• Create a binding point and secure with binding wire
• Split the wired stem into three, and then bind each section of the stem with tape to create “legs”
• Flatten out the legs to create a base to allow the decoration to be placed on the Christmas cake