{"id":4428,"date":"2014-05-02T12:22:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=4428"},"modified":"2020-02-18T00:37:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T00:37:54","slug":"sugar-succulents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/sugar-succulents\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Succulents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-via-Inspired-by-This-Braedon-Flynn-Photography-left-by-Butter-End-Bakery-right-Leila-Brewster-Photography.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4447\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-via-Inspired-by-This-Braedon-Flynn-Photography-left-by-Butter-End-Bakery-right-Leila-Brewster-Photography.jpg\" alt=\"succulents wedding cake via Inspired by This, Braedon Flynn Photography left, by Butter End Bakery right, Leila Brewster Photography\" width=\"563\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-via-Inspired-by-This-Braedon-Flynn-Photography-left-by-Butter-End-Bakery-right-Leila-Brewster-Photography.jpg 563w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-via-Inspired-by-This-Braedon-Flynn-Photography-left-by-Butter-End-Bakery-right-Leila-Brewster-Photography-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love them or hate them, succulents are a big trend in wedding florals this year for rustic style wedding receptions. We have two pretty examples above, with a watercolour effect cake above left (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspiredbythis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inspired by This<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.braedonphotography.com\/#\/Gallery\/Portraits-1\/image_41299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Braedon Flynn Photography)<\/a> and to the right, a rustic style beauty softened with blush pink blooms from The <a href=\"http:\/\/thebutterend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Butter End Caker<\/a>y (image by Leila Brewster Photography).<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find tutorials for a selection of sugarcrafted succulents here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Man Bakes Cake: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151815109204789.1073741869.394307024788&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gumpaste succulents tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From Wilton: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P_GqZsBsgbY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gumpaste succulent tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From Fancy Cakes by Linda: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7q1uA9tzXXU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gumpaste succulent tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From Kara Buntin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-sY0KjiGb94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gumpaste succulent tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From Tarttokig: <a href=\"http:\/\/tarttokig.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/07\/tutorial-succulents-part-1-of-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gumpaste succulents tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the most beautiful succulent wedding cakes we&#8217;ve come across is the fabulous &#8220;silvered jade&#8221; succulent cake below left by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cakesbykrishanthi.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cakes by Krishanthi. <\/a>To the right is another example of beautiful silvery foliage in a mixed floral arrangment in this pretty cake by <a href=\"http:\/\/ninecakes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nine Cakes<\/a> (not succulents, but we couldn&#8217;t resist!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulent-wedding-cake-by-Cakes-by-Krishanthi-left-and-silvery-foliage-and-pink-floral-cake-by-Nine-Cakes-right.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4448\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulent-wedding-cake-by-Cakes-by-Krishanthi-left-and-silvery-foliage-and-pink-floral-cake-by-Nine-Cakes-right.jpg\" alt=\"succulent wedding cake by Cakes by Krishanthi left and silvery foliage and pink floral cake by Nine Cakes right\" width=\"563\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulent-wedding-cake-by-Cakes-by-Krishanthi-left-and-silvery-foliage-and-pink-floral-cake-by-Nine-Cakes-right.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulent-wedding-cake-by-Cakes-by-Krishanthi-left-and-silvery-foliage-and-pink-floral-cake-by-Nine-Cakes-right-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cakeink.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cake Ink<\/a>, Australia have combined contemporary sugar succulents with beautiful white blooms and smart stripes in this beautiful mint and white wedding cake below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-wedding-cake-by-Cake-Ink.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4449\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-wedding-cake-by-Cake-Ink.jpg\" alt=\"sugar succulents wedding cake by Cake Ink\" width=\"563\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-wedding-cake-by-Cake-Ink.jpg 675w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-wedding-cake-by-Cake-Ink-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Succulents alone, while popular, can be quite stark against a white iced cake but blended with soft pinks and pristine whites softens the contemporary edge for a more bridal style, with a pretty example below left via\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theknot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Knot<\/a>. To the right, the effect of the succulents is softened with sprigs of herbs and foliage for a dainty, woodland effect (image below right via Pinterest).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-viaThe-Knot-left-and-via-Pinterest-right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4450\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-viaThe-Knot-left-and-via-Pinterest-right.jpg\" alt=\"succulents wedding cake viaThe Knot left and via Pinterest right\" width=\"563\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-viaThe-Knot-left-and-via-Pinterest-right.jpg 573w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/succulents-wedding-cake-viaThe-Knot-left-and-via-Pinterest-right-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Textured buttercream paired with corkscrew hazel, succulents and snowberries makes a wonderful winter woodland themed wedding cake below from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yummycupcakes.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yummy Cupcakes and Cakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/botanical-wedding-cake-with-succulents-by-Yummy-Cupcakes-and-Cakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3920\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/botanical-wedding-cake-with-succulents-by-Yummy-Cupcakes-and-Cakes.jpg\" alt=\"botanical wedding cake with succulents by Yummy Cupcakes and Cakes\" width=\"546\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/botanical-wedding-cake-with-succulents-by-Yummy-Cupcakes-and-Cakes.jpg 546w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/botanical-wedding-cake-with-succulents-by-Yummy-Cupcakes-and-Cakes-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Succulents of course come in a huge variety of shapes and shades from bright spring green to mint tinged shades and purple hued plants.\u00a0 The acclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theroyalbakery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Bakery<\/a> in California make great use of the varied colours of the different variety succulent plants in their design below contrasting smooth and textured buttercream tiers as well as pristine white blooms with rustic succulents (with inspiration also from the Sweet and Saucy Shop).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Royal-Bakery-inspired-by-sweet-and-saucy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4451\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Royal-Bakery-inspired-by-sweet-and-saucy.jpg\" alt=\"succulents wedding cake by Royal Bakery inspired by Sweet and Saucy\" width=\"546\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Royal-Bakery-inspired-by-sweet-and-saucy.jpg 552w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Royal-Bakery-inspired-by-sweet-and-saucy-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s one of the less obvious pairings, Sugar Couture Cupcakes &amp; Cakes have very imaginatively blended lace appliques with pale green, almost white, succulents in their design below for a very contemporary style wedding cake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-cake-by-Sugar-Couture-Costa-Rica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4452\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-cake-by-Sugar-Couture-Costa-Rica.jpg\" alt=\"sugar succulents cake by Sugar Couture, Costa Rica\" width=\"546\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-cake-by-Sugar-Couture-Costa-Rica.jpg 653w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sugar-succulents-cake-by-Sugar-Couture-Costa-Rica-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Readers might also be interested in our features on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Baby\u2019s Breath Wedding Cakes\" href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/babys-breath-wedding-cakes\/\">Baby&#8217;s Breath Wedding Cakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A Compendium of Sugar Flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/sugar-flowers-tutorials\/\">Our Compendium of Sugar Flowers &amp; 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We have two pretty examples above, with a watercolour effect cake above left (via Inspired by This, Braedon Flynn Photography) and to the right, a rustic style beauty softened with blush pink blooms from The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,192,176,187],"class_list":["post-4428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wedding-cakes-design-inspiration-and-tutorials","tag-buttercream-cakes","tag-contemporary-cake-designs","tag-rustic-wedding-cakes","tag-wedding-cake-trends","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}