Large Form Magnolia Cake Flower

Recently I received an email from a cake designer in Australia who asked me if I could make a large white magnolia with some buds. Her client had a specific look in mind of all white, but I think after she saw the hint of color on the inside of the magnolia, she asked me to add a bit of color. This flower turned out to be over 6 inches in diameter. It's gorgeous!

It definitely gives me other ideas of what I can do with large form magnolias. The last of the magnolias flowers are starting to fall to the ground and are being replaced by lush green leaves where I live. Love seeing my flowers travel to different parts of the world!

Cake Flowers - Artistic Style Magnolia Flower

My client Jennifer contacted me last month to see if I could recreate a cake flower that she had fell in love with online. The picture of what she fell in love with is the one to the left. At first I thought maybe it was a peony, but this flower has been done in other colors and it really looks more like an artistic version of a magnolia flower.Jennifer's colors are golds, yellows, pinks, oranges and blues. That's kind of a broad color palette, but she's getting married in Jamaica and didn't trust her pastry chef at her venue to recreate it for her. So that's when she contacted me. I was a bit nervous and I think I was somewhat procrastinating working on it, but I realized I had to do it today and so I sat down and tried to figure it out. Luckily I think I came pretty close.
You can be the judge. I had originally quoted her for one large 6" cake flower, but because the petals are so hard to anchor at the base, the flower ended up being 5" and I threw in a slightly smaller one at no charge. I think it will look stunning and be a perfect touch to her destination Jamaica wedding!

Magnolia Bride's Cake Flowers - Photos from the Pastry Chef!

This evening, I got an email from Noelani Galante-Pi. I did Noelani's wedding invitations, hair flowers and program fans for her wedding at a private estate on the Big Island. Noe is a VERY talented pastry chef who used to work at the esteemed Four Seasons at Hualalai on the Big Island. She and a couple of other talented pastry chefs started their own company recently called, The Cake Rack of Kona (their website is still under construction). Noe makes wonderful pastries of all kinds! One of her talents is making delicious and beautiful wedding cakes. There are images from her recent wedding of her decorating her own wedding cake with flowers because they wanted her to be happy with the way it turned out! There are some great shots that I hope to eventually post on my Real Weddings section of my website.

At any rate, Noe provided me with some sneak peek pictures of how the cake looked before the wedding reception. I will be sharing more photos with you once I receive them from the photographer. If you recall, my magnolia bride, Kristy wanted everything in her wedding to be themed, what else... MAGNOLIAS. From her invitations to her favors, favor tags, program fans and cake flowers. The cake flowers were slightly different as we made them more pink because her colors were pink and brown. Noe said the flowers really made the cake. I love the modern and chic look of Noe's cake design. Simple but elegant! :)

So if you're getting married on the Big Island of Hawaii, check out the Cake Rack of Kona's location in Kona town! You won't be disappointed. Even if you're not getting married they make yummy desserts to suit anyone's sweet tooth or sugar craving!