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asked August 24th 2015

flowers droping down when in cake

hi all,
I made a 2 tier cake with flowers coming from top to bottom i made a large ish rose (but not as big as in pauls video) i started from the top an worked my way down placing the flowers in the cake.. now this one rose when i placed in the cake dropped down pulling the iceing etc with it i tried to wedge other flowers under it to stop it falling even more which kind of worked and it made it to its destination in one piece,

im just wondering what i did wrong and how to stop this happening in the future?

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hi all,
I made a 2 tier cake with flowers coming from top to bottom i made a large ish rose (but not as big as in pauls video) i started from the top an worked my way down placing the flowers in the cake.. now this one rose when i placed in the cake dropped down pulling the iceing etc with it i tried to wedge other flowers under it to stop it falling even more which kind of worked and it made it to its destination in one piece,

im just wondering what i did wrong and how to stop this happening in the future?

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Hi Ange
With heavy flowers I always use some royal icing which I pipe into the flower posy before placing the flower in. I would then support my flower with discreetly place toothpicks and suitably placed blobs of icing behind the flower, taking out the toothpicks when set. This is when using sugar flowers. If you are talking about chocolate/fondant flowers I would use ganache/edible glue to give additional adherence and supported by soft sponging. Toothpicks would mark. Hope this helps but I’m sure this is not the only way.

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Hi AngieS

The best way to prevent large flowers from falling is to use the appropriate size posy pick for the size of the flower. The bigger the flower the sturdier the support it will need. Posy picks are like anchors, gripping into the cake.
Don’t place the flower too close to the edge of the board or too close to the bottom of the cake. There isn’t enough cake at the bottom to embed the pick into. The weight of the flower pulls it down and out of the cake. If you place the pick slightly further up , it can be embedded deeper into the cake at an angle best to support the flower. Have a look at Paul’s tutorials where he places large flowers into cake. He rarely places posy picks right on the edges of cakes or boards. The only time he places flowers on the edges is if they are without wires and just stuck down with ganache.
For more opinions and answers also have a look here:
http://www.cakeflix.com/questions/?s=heavy+gumpaste+flower

Good luck with your next attempt and well done for rescuing the last one. x

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