Edible Wafer Paper Flowers Has Its Charm

I've worked with edible wafer paper before for my cakes and pastry decorations. They are made of finely ground rice. They come in blank sheets and they can be cut into shapes or shaped into this amazing free-form flowers that looks so gorgeous on cakes. 

There's a lot of resource materials you can find online now on how to make them so do check them out. For this special birthday cake I made 6 to 8 petals each with coated floral wire for each flower. I used a little bit of gel paste food color and vodka to mold and paint each petal ( because it dries out fairly quickly, or any clear spirits will do if you don't have any vodka on hand). I also used a little bit of piping gel to glue the rice paper on the floral wires. 

The result is stunning. You can lightly paint it with iridescent highlights to create a sparkling effect as well. Creativity is key so explore the possibilities of using wafer paper flowers for your next cakes. 

The cake shown in this photo is a dark chocolate ganache covered chocolate cake with a vanilla buttercream on the top and some white sugar pearls. It's a simple cake but very elegant... and charming to say the least! 😉