These floral wedding cakes feature real flowers and sugar flowers, and they’re all from real weddings that I designed the custom wedding cakes for. These can be used as reception inspo for your own wedding, or to see what different types of flowers and sugar flowers actually look like on a wedding cake. Floral wedding cakes can be simple, colorful, bright, or whimsical, rustic, or elegant. They’re perfect any time of the year, but spring and summer weddings with garden receptions are where they shine.
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Simple white gumpaste flowers.
This was a simple wedding cake for a small reception. It had two large white gumpaste magnolias and piped buttercream borders. Most of the cakes that I made were buttercream, not fondant, and this was also covered in buttercream.
Elegant purple gumpaste orchids wedding cake.
This modern square-tiered wedding cake was for a wedding reception with an Asian theme. The separators between them were angled blocks to give it some architectural interest, and it had purple gumpaste orchids and green leaves on vines cascading down the side of the cake.
Colorful purple sugar calla lilies wedding cake.
This square wedding cake had over three dozen gumpaste calla lilies with lavender centers. Sugar flowers are fun to sue because you can make them realistic or add a touch of color in different ways to match the wedding color scheme.
A simple cascade of white gumpaste roses and calla lilies.
This white buttercream cake had gumpaste roses, tulips, and calla lilies, plus a pleated fondant border. This was an “S” shaped floral cascade that started at the top, went down the cake, then switched direction to go back in the other direction.
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A whimsical topsy turvy take on a classic red roses wedding cake.
This cake had carved tiers, plus a topsy turvy tilt effect that gave enough room to put red gumpaste roses in between them. It had piped swirls and large fondant pearls in the flower arrangements.
A pretty Swiss dot wedding cake.
This pretty white cake had a white and blue-grey color scheme, and the tiers had piped Swiss dots. The gumpaste flowers were white roses and grey hydrangeas.
Offset square tiers with colorful gerbera daisies.
This minimalist square-tiered cake with white fondant bands at the base of the tiers had real gerbera daisies on the tiers and a monogram cake topper.
Red and white bling wedding cake.
This blingy square wedding cake matched the red and white color scheme with red piping and gumpaste roses. There was a layer of bling wrap around the base of the tiers, and the monogram initial topper was surrounded by red gumpaste roses.
Colorful wafer paper focus flower.
This simple white cake had a large wafer paper focal flower and piped designs on the tiers.
Ruffly wedding cake with sugar flowers.
This ruffled wedding cake had layers of white chocolate fondant frills on the tiers. The flowers were made from candy clay in shades of orange and yellow.
Click here to read about how to make a ruffle cake like this one.
Hexagonal tiers with red gumpaste roses.
This feminine little cake had hexagonal tiers and ruffled piping ad the base of the tiers. There were over three dozen red gumpaste roses arranged on the tiers.
Pretty piped buttercream wedding cake.
This pretty piped lace cake had a base coat of very light pink icing, with white icing piped onto it in an intricate lace patter. The gumpaste flowers had a springtime feel with pink, green and blue shades and two gumpaste dragonflies on the top.
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Hand painted buttercream with fondant flowers.
This monochromatic wedding cake had hand painted pink swirls and fondant flowers with the same painting on them in a pink color.
Fresh flowers on a classic white cake.
This traditionally elegant white cake had a monogram piped on a tier, fondant pearls at the base of each tier, and fresh flowers in random arrangements around the cake.
Gumpaste peonies and orchids with gold leaf wedding cake.
This modern floral wedding cake had a gold foil-covered tier and a full cascade of gumpaste peonies and orchids in shades of white and pink.
Traditional piped buttercream and fresh roses.
I call this one the “hurricane cake” because I delivered it the day after a hurricane came through and hit the reception site. The tree in the background fell over during the storm and barely missed hitting the house by inches! This cake had fresh roses and white piping in a retro style.
You can see how to make a retro style cake with only two piping tips here.
Simple white piped wedding cake with white and blue gumpaste flowers.
This pretty cake had blue and white gumpaste flowers in a cascade going down the side of the cake. Doing flowers that are this dark usually involves using dark gumpaste, then dusting them with colored petal dust on top of the colored gumpaste. Lightly steaming them after dusting will set the color.
White piped wedding cake with blue and white gumpaste flowers.
Another blue and white wedding cake, this one had gumpaste ranunculus and peonies and blue filler flowers. The pearls around the base of the tiers were a pale pink color.
Gumpaste poinsettias and fondant pearls.
For a wedding around Christmastime, this cake with red gumpaste poinsettias and fondant pearls was a pretty choice.
White piped cake with gumpaste flowers.
This cake had fondant beading and piped designs to imitate the beadwork on the wedding dress. The white gumpaste flowers were hydrangeas, and they gave the cake a fluffy look that contrasted nicely with the geometric design.
White fondant draping and gumpaste hydrangeas.
This cake had draped fondant on each tier, with white gumpaste hydrangeas and green gumpaste leaves where the drapes sit on each tier.
Purple and green gumpaste bamboo on a white buttercream wedding cake.
This traditional white wedding cake with fluffy piped borders had an unusual floral design made of gumpaste bamboo and purple gumpaste orchids.
Purple gumpaste flowers and fondant ribbons.
This white wedding cake had purple fondant bands at the base of the tiers, plus large gumpaste roses and a bow on the tiers. These oversized flowers were airbrushed to give them the dark purple color.
Pretty pink piping and gumpaste roses.
This pretty pink wedding cake ha piped strings of pearls on the tiers, plus pastel roses and leaves for a springtime feel.
Classic tiered wedding cake with gumpaste floral cascade.
This wedding cake had a large cascade of gumpaste flowers in soft colors with loops of fondant ribbons in the arrangement.
Piped buttercream wisteria and gumpaste flowers.
This pretty pink wedding cake for a reception at a local botanical garden had piped wisteria overhanging the edges of the tiers. It was an all-buttercream floral design that avoided gumpaste and wires in the flowers.
Square tiers and fresh rose petals.
This square wedding cake had fondant pearls on the tiers and fresh rose petals in a cascade coming down the corners of the cake tiers.
Hand painted buttercream with gumpaste roses and butterflies.
This hand-painted cake was buttercream that I painted using food coloring. I added some small orange and green gumpaste flowers to the designs on the tiers, and put two gumpaste monarch butterflies on the top tier.
Fresh white peonies on a white buttercream cake.
This plain white cake was covered with real peonies, lisianthus, and rose petals to create a pretty, feminine effect.
Tall pillars with blue and white gumpaste flowers.
This tall wedding cake had classic tall pillars under the top tier, and vines made of gumpaste ivy, roses, and hydrangea all over the cake.
White piped buttercream ruffles and sugared roses.
This pretty square cake had piped ruffled buttercream and sugared roses on the tiers.
Yellow and blue gumpaste flowers.
This pretty square wedding cake had piped buttercream designs with yellow gumpaste roses and blue royal icing filler flowers. The vase on the top tier was filled with gumpaste flowers.
Pink fondant and chocolate roses.
This pretty pink fondant covered cake had a pleated-effect border at the base of the tiers, and candy clay pink roses with white gumpaste callas in a cascade down the cake.
Painted dahlias and gumpaste floral topper.
This painted purple dahlia cake had a large gumpaste dahlia topper, and gumpaste flowers in different places on the tiers to provide a 3D effect. The painting was done in colored royal icing on fondant.
Red roses on a classic white wedding cake.
This classic wedding cake had over 12 dozen roses between the tiers, and plain white icing on the cake. For this style of wedding cake you want the focus to be on the flowers, and leaving the cake design simple does that.
Elegant white and blue gumpaste flowers.
This was one of my favorite wedding cakes because of the sheer number of gumpaste flowers I made for it. It was white gumpaste peonies and roses with blue and white gumpaste hydrangeas, and since the cake was 5 tiers, it took a lot of flowers!
Ombre buttercream piping and magenta gumpaste peonies.
This wedding cake had ombre piped bands around the tiers with the darker color starting at the bottom. The gumpaste flowers are magenta peonies with purple gumpaste calla lilies, and I got the colors that dark by using Crystal Colors petal dusts, which have a really intense color.
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