August 21, 2010

The Tastiest Flowers...

...are made of cupcakes! :D

A cupcake bouquet wedding centerpiece.
Thanks to Ms. Locket from good ol' WeddingBee, another adorable idea comes forth!

(Not to mention that Ms. Locket is a central New York gal, :) love hearing about the rest of New York state for a change! It's not just New York City people!)

Too bad the cupcakes are just too casual for the shindig I'm planning...

Or I would so do it :D

Speaking of tasty flowers, I have been bouncing around the idea of including fresh edible flowers into the mix: in drinks, on desserts, etc.

In addition, purchasing or learning how to make gum paste flowers for the cake.

There is a great site for affordable sugar flowers, DiscountSugarFlowers.com. Most of the flowers are just around $1, and they look fantastic!

Affordable white sugar Cattleya orchid.Affordable purple Cymbidium sugar orchid.Affordable white and lavender Cymbidium sugar orchid.







(I have an unhealthy fascination with orchids lately...they're expensive! They are a fundmental budget no-no...more on that later)

Fresh edible flowers online are a bit harder to find. Most sites suggest you either grow your own (and never, ever use any pesticides on them,) or get them from local farmer's markets.

But I have found some places online that sell them, some even for a decent price:

Sid Wainer & Son, 50 pansies for $18, plus required overnight shipping. Turned out to be $36 for my location:

Edible pansies used for garnish.
Sid Wainer & Son, 50 edible orchids for $16! But if you get 100 of them they are only $68 total with ship!

Edible orchid heads used for garnish
(also available 100 for $78 at Marx Foods.)

The Chef's Warehouse
, 50 Wild Hibiscus Flowers in syrup for $31.50:

A wild hibiscus flower in champagne.
I love these because Mrs. Cola mentioned they looked like Seymour from the musical Little Shop of Horrors! 8D Anything to get a musical reference in, lol!

Sid Wainer & Son again!, 50 lavender wands for $13, $49 total with ship:

Edible lavender stalks used for garnish.
And if you don't care what type of flower you get,
Marx Foods has 400-600 assorted flowers for just $61!!! 8D

Affordable assorted edible flowers for garnish.
for that price I would just buy them and pick out the purple ones! XD

Overall, great fancy touches for your already tasty wedding noms :)

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The flowers are grown in different colors and shapes, and these are most beautiful creation of God. The peoples like to decorate their house with flowers on different occasions or to decorate their dining table.
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