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Winter Sugar Flowers & Foliage

winter wedding cake with hellebores, jasmine and berries by Emily Harmston Cakes

Gumpaste poinsettia, hellebores, snowdrops, berries and foliage – there’s no shortage of winter sugar flower ideas for the wedding cake decorator or Christmas bride.

Also known as the Christmas rose, the hellebore is a top choice for a floral winter wedding cake that encapsulates the beauty of a winter garden. Emily Harmston Cakes have designed the beautiful, botanical inspired wedding cake above dressed in hellebores, winter jasmine and berried ivy for a stylish winter garden wedding cake.

Learn how to makes beautiful hellebores in our easy gumpaste christmas rose tutorial here.

Gumpaste Christmas Rose Tutorial (Hellebore Tutorial)

You’ll also find a gumpaste jasmine flower tutorial here from Ozzie Cake Decorating as well as a jasmine leaf tutorial here from clay art blog, Thai Flower Art.

German cake designer, Martina Bliedung of Floralilie showcases the sublime beauty of tiny snowdrop flowers in her exquisite wedding cake design below, absolutely perfect for a late winter/early spring wedding.

snowdrops wedding cake by Floralilie, Germany

Wired teardrop crystals create a magical dewdrop effect amongst bunches of winter snowdrops in the pretty winter wedding cake desing below by Kathy Moore for Culpitt where you’ll find the tutorial for this cake design plus a gumpaste snowdrop tutorial.

gumpaste snowdrops cake via Culpitt

More sugarcrafted snowdrops feature in the spring woodland wedding cake design (below right, image via Pinterest), with a fabulous woodland style wedding cake by Jonathan Caleb Cake (left).

snowdrops wedding cake right via Pinterest (uncredited), spring wedding cake by Jonathan Caleb Cake left

Amy Swann draws inspiration from the first winter frost in her incredible nature-inspired wedding cake design below, featuring stems, branches and foliage sugarcrafted to perfection.

winter woodland wedding cake by Amy Swann Cakes

Gumpaste catkins make an inspired choice to adorn a winter wedding cake with our gumpaste willow tutorial below demonstrating the paired-down elegance of this early Spring budding beauty.

Gumpaste Willow Tutorial on Cake-Geek.com

Grey-green sprigs of eucalyptus add movement and interest to the stylish wedding cake design (below left) featuring magnificent white blooms intermingled with contemporary succulents in a design by  Arianna Lauren Cakes.

A classic winter wedding cake design of Erica O’Brien Cakes captures the rustic beauty of the festive season in a stylish grey-green palette of winter foliage and white snowberries, below right.

winter wedding cakes with grey green foliage by Arianna Lauren left, Erica O'Brien right

Sprigs of festive mistletoe, snowy pine and winter foliage are crafted into an elegant winter wreath and becomes the centrepiece of this understated christmas wedding cake design by Miso Bakes, below left (image by Sylvia G Photography). On the right, the Sugar Penguin Cakery adds just a touch of festive red to their winter white and mixed foliage wedding cake design to wonderful effect.

winter foliage and sugar flowers wedding cakes by Miso Bakes, Syliva G Photography left, Sugar Penguin Cakery right

Another winter gem is mistletoe and you’ll find our gumpaste mistletoe tutorial here, featured below.

Gumpaste Mistletoe Tutorial on Cake-Geek.com

Sculpted chocolate flowers created from solid chocolate (as opposed to modelling chocolate) are one of the many talents of Erin Gardner of the Erin Bakes blog. Giant white chocolate blooms paired with peeling silver leaf over chocolate create a beautiful silvered winter look in this chocoholics dream wedding cake below.

chocolate flowers by Erin Bakes with silver leafed chocolate wedding cake

Frozen flora take centre stage in another of Erin Gardner’s winter wedding cake designs below with frosted sugar flowers creating a magical winter landscape in soft, muted pastels (image by Mark Davidson Photography).

frosted winter sugar flowers by The Wild Orchid Baking Co, Mark Davidson Photography

The Caketress inspires once again with silver, glittered stamens creating alluring winter blooms nestled amongst frosted snow-laden branches from one of her classes at The Bonnie Gordon School of Confectionery.

frosted winter sugar flowers and frosted branches by The Caketress teaching at The Bonnie Gordon School

Glittered silver centres and frosted twigs bring snowy glamour to more of The Caketress’s winter sugar flowers below left, while on the right, Cotton & Crumbs create an elegant winter palette with black centred anemones, winter white roses and silver grey foliage.

winter wedding cake by Cotton and Crumbs right, winter sugar flowers by The Caketress left

More beautiful wintered blooms from The Caketress below with sparkling sugar cookies in midnight blue casting a spell of glitter and sugar.

winter sugar flowers and glitter cookies by The Caketress

A silver and white fantasy poinsettia sparkles below left by sugarcraft supremo Nicholas Lodge and on the right, a jewelled poinsettia by Erin Gardner brings a touch of glamour to an elegant winter wedding cake.

Silver and White gumpaste poinsettia by Nicholas Lodge left, jewelled fantasy poinsettia by Erin Gardner right

Learn how to make beautiful sugar poinsettia in our easy gumpaste poinsettia tutorial here for a statement winter cake accent.

Gumpaste Poinsettia Tutorial on Cake-Geek.com

A lavish display of sugar floristry in seasonal red and white reaches the pinnacle of sugar flower art below with rosehip berries and briar roses created to an amazing level of botanical accuracy by La Lavande Sugar Florist.

red and white gumpaste sugar flower arrangement by La Lavande Sugar Florist

You’ll find our gumpaste holly tutorial here which covers the classic dark green holly leaves but also a variegated holly variety with a lighter green two-tone leaf.

Gumpaste Holly Tutorial on Cake-Geek.com

Rambling roses in ruby red star in this vintage style christmas wedding cake with trailing ivy creating the most romantic garden look – a masterpiece of sugar flower art by Amy Swann Cakes.

red roses winter wedding cake by Amy Swann Cakes

Twisted branches add a fabulous botanical frame to this seasonal display of red and white roses, berries and greenery in a rustic chic arrangment by Shaile’s Edible Art, while on the right, Shaile’s winter white blooms and snow white berries create a chic and alluring winter wedding display.

roses and gardenia by TheSugarArtist on CC, Shaile's Edible Art right

Learn how to make seasonal berries and branches in our gumpaste ilex berries and twigs tutorial here.

Gumpaste Ilex Berries Tutorial plus Twigs & Branches tutorial

Red poinsettia are the first to come to mind for Christmas but don’t forget poinsettia come in beautiful white varieties too – a festive and voluminous bloom to adorn a chic winter wedding cake. The fabulous poinsettia below are by Torte di Nadia.

gumpaste poinsettia tutoral by Torte di Nadia

Snowberries also make a charming addition to winter sugarcraft and sugar flower arrangements. Learn how to make them in our gumpaste snowberries tutorial here.

Gumpaste Snowberries Tutorial on Cake-Geek.comReaders might also be interested in our features on:

  • Winter Woodland Wedding Cakes
  • Christmas Wedding Cakes – Seasonal & Elegant
  • Rustic Winter Wedding Cakes
  • Jewelled Winter Wedding Cakes
  • Jewelled Sugar Flowers – Crystal Centres
  • Snowflake Wedding Cakes
  • Stag’s Head & Reindeer Cakes
  • Woodland Wedding Cakes
  • Knit Effect Cakes
  • Rustic Christmas Cakes & Winter Berry Cakes
  • Foliage & Greenery Wedding Cakes: 2017 Wedding Cake Trend
  • Autumn Berries Fall Wedding Cakes
  • Chic Christmas Cake Decorating
  • Novelty Christmas Cakes for Children
  • Christmas in Pastels
  • Classic Christmas Cakes
  • Christmas Desserts & Treats
  • Gingerbread Houses & Tutorials
  • Gingerbread Houses II & Festive Birdhouse Cakes

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