Calla Lily Wedding Cake Decor: Real Flowers, Dreamy Design

Calla lilies are a popular choice for wedding cakes, with many brides choosing to decorate their cakes with real calla lilies, or sugar or fondant versions of the flower. Whether you're making a two-tier or four-layer cake, you can decorate the border with calla lilies, or use them as a cake topper. You can also add a pearl border, or use pearls to decorate each tier.

How to make calla lilies from fondant or gum paste

Calla lilies are a popular choice for wedding cakes, with their elegant, simple design. You can make your own calla lilies from fondant or gum paste to decorate your wedding cake. Here's how:

Firstly, you will need to gather your materials. You will need fondant or gum paste, a calla lily cutter, cone-shaped forms, a duster with corn flour, a non-stick board or cutting board, a rolling pin, a foam mat, a ball tool and icing colours in your choice of colour. If you are using fondant, you will also need Tylo powder.

Next, roll out your fondant or gum paste. Make sure you don't roll it out too thinly. Then, cut out a flower with the heart-shaped calla lily cutter. Press down the cutter firmly and twist it a bit to get a cleaner cut. If you want to make a lot of calla lilies, roll out a big piece of fondant or gum paste and cut out all the flower petals at once. Place the flowers you don't need right away under a plastic bag and keep it airtight so that the petals don't become dry.

Finally, colour your calla lilies with your chosen icing colour. Form a small piece of the fondant into a sausage-like shape, twice the size of a pea. You can also use real calla lilies to decorate your wedding cake, or opt for faux flowers.

How to colour calla lilies with food colouring paste

Calla lilies can be made from fondant or gum paste and coloured with food colouring paste. Here's how to colour calla lilies with food colouring paste:

Firstly, make the centre of the flower by colouring some gum paste with yellow gel colour. Roll it in between the palms of your hands and make a tapered log. The length of the centre should be about 3/4 of the length of the petal. You can use shortening in your hands to prevent the paste from sticking.

Next, moisten a wire with tylose glue and insert it into the gum paste centre. You can then brush the centre with more glue and roll it in yellow-coloured granulated sugar, if you like. To colour the sugar, add a small drop of yellow gel colour and rub it in until well blended. Hang the centres in a rack and let them dry overnight.

To make the calla lily petal, roll out the gum paste very thinly. Dust the work surface with cornstarch to prevent sticking. Place a template on top of the gum paste and cut around it with a craft knife. Carefully take out the cut-out shape and thin out the edges with your fingers or a ball tool. Make some veins by running a vein tool from the centre to the top, letting the lines fan out.

Finally, to finish off the calla lily, dust on some petal dust to give it depth of colour and make the veins pop. You can use a paintbrush to dip into the petal dust and then dust it onto the flower.

How to stack a wedding cake with dowel rods for support

Calla lilies are a popular choice for wedding cakes, with many opting for sugar or fondant flowers. However, if you want to use real calla lilies, you'll need to ensure your cake is properly supported.

To stack a wedding cake with dowel rods, you'll first need to decide on the type of dowel you want to use. There are two kinds of dowels: short dowels, which lend vertical support to a cake, and long pointed dowels, which lend horizontal support and prevent the tiers from sliding or slipping. You can also use bubble tea straws for smaller cakes, but these are not recommended for larger cakes or for transporting a cake.

Wooden dowels come in a variety of thicknesses and lengths, so you can buy and trim them to fit your cake. You'll want to consider the weight distribution of your cake and place your thickest supports wherever the most force will be exerted.

To assemble the cake, you'll need to drill a hole through all the cake boards for the tiers, except for the bottom tier. This will allow you to slot each tier down the central dowel. If you're travelling with your cake, you may want to add additional support by pushing a sharpened dowel through all the tiers and cake boards.

How to make a pearl border with fondant pearls

Calla lilies are a popular choice for wedding cakes, and there are many ways to decorate a wedding cake with them. One idea is to use a calla lily cutter to make the flowers from fondant or gum paste. You can then colour the flowers with an ivory food colouring paste.

To make a pearl border with fondant pearls, you can use a silicone mould. This is a simple way to create a pearl border without having to pipe with royal icing. You can also decorate the cake with a classical design of scalloped edges and pearls, or use a combination of mini calla lilies and pearls as a centre motif.

Where to buy real-touch calla lilies for wedding cakes

Calla lilies are a popular choice for wedding cakes, and there are many ways to decorate cakes with them. One idea is to use a calla lily cutter to make the flowers from fondant or gum paste, colouring them with an ivory food colouring paste. You can then decorate the border of the cake with fondant pearls made with a silicone mould. Another option is to use real calla lilies, which can be purchased from Etsy or The Brides Bouquet UK. Etsy offers a range of wedding cake toppers featuring calla lilies, including 9-stem real-touch white ivory calla lilies, which can be used for DIY florals bouquets. The Brides Bouquet UK also offers real-touch calla lilies in several different shades and styles, perfect for any wedding.

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