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The addition of flower buds to sugar flower bouquets has been one of the most chic and beautiful new trends in sugar floristry – a trend spearheaded by Jacqueline Butler of\u00a0Petalsweet<\/a> with the publication of her excellent flower buds tutorials<\/a>. Above, Jacqueline’s fabulous peony buds are featured in a stunning palette of soft pink, white and lime green.<\/p>\n

Peeping buds add a spring fresh touch to the exquisitely crafted cake below by Sweet Disposition, Australia.<\/p>\n

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Bliss Pastry Florida’s exquisite watercolour wedding cake below is given a beautiful botanical touch with a sprays of flowers buds and sugar flowers arranged in a chic asymmetrical style.<\/p>\n

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Lush florals are enhanced with delicate buds in the two superb sugar flower displays below from the Sugar Penguin Cakery<\/a> (left) and the Cake Virtuoso Studio (right).<\/p>\n

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Great for filling in gaps in sugar flower arrangements, gumpaste buds can be used in addition to, or instead of, filler flowers and an authentic garden style arrangement.<\/p>\n

Spring flower buds are woven through a stylish ivory and green arrangment in the design (below left) by Sugar Couture Cupcakes & Cakes with an unbelievably pretty teacup full of sugar flower buds and blossoms from Hilary Rose Cupcakes<\/a> (below right).<\/p>\n

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A beautifully textured ranunculus flower is accented with white blossoms and lime green flowerbuds from Petalsweet, below.<\/p>\n

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A truly unique and stylish wedding cake design features below (via WedLuxe<\/a>) in a chic taupe colour scheme with fresh white peonies, interlaced with tiny buds and blossoms for a fabulous spring wedding cake design.<\/p>\n

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Sugar flower perfection is been achieved by Torta di Nadia<\/a>, Italy in the exquisite peony rose and flowerbuds composition, below.<\/p>\n

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Pastel berries are another trend peeping through in cake design with two supremely pretty creations below from Elegantly Iced UK (below left) and Edible Essence Cake Art<\/a> (right).<\/p>\n

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Natural green berries add a splendid touch to the beautiful fresh white arrangement of ranuncula, parrot tulips and foliage below from La Lavende Cake Boutique<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pastel berries add an extra dash of pretty to the beautiful rose cake below from\u00a0A Pocket Full of Sweetness,<\/a> created at a Faye Cahill<\/a> workshop.<\/p>\n

On the right, Sharon Wee’s vintage doile wedding cake design in dusk pink is adorned with a beautiful spray of ranuncula and fresh green flower buds. (You can find the stencil used to create this design here from Sharon Wee Creations<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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