Decorating a cake with roses can be totally cliché but I've been wanting to try an organic take on it with my very favorite garden rose, Yves Piaget, a French rose that's wonderfully fragrant. I've been known to bury my face in these garden roses. Mmmmmm!
Start with a plain chocolate cake. I used an 11", double layer, chocolate buttercream cake from the bakery but you could make your own. Incoporating rosewater in the recipe would be super sweet. You'll need ten stems of roses. Tie a few roses together with velvet ribbon, to decorate the top and then scatter the petals, leaves and a few blossoms around the base. Keeping it a little messy and using garden roses, is the key to making it look simple and effortless. And, as long as the roses are organically grown, you can eat the rose petals along with the cake.
Voila! This would be so sweet served at a late summer garden party and of course at a wedding too. See more photos at Project Wedding.
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Photos + Project: Chelsea Fuss for Project Wedding. Thank you to my lovely friend, Jen Proett, for assisting.
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That's so pretty. I'm dubious about eating the petals but I trust you so I'd give it a go. I'm super dubious about incorporating rose oil in the recipe, wouldn't it taste like bath oil? Or worse, Turkish Delight?
Posted by: cara @ lillian and leonard | September 21, 2012 at 04:54 AM
You don't have to eat the petals, of course but roses are edible. And I totally meant rose water. There are a bunch of recipes that look really delicious!
Posted by: chelsea | September 21, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Just when u think chocolate cake couldn't be more elegant... along comes the rose =)
- Sarah
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Posted by: Sarah | September 21, 2012 at 10:45 AM
it's gorgeous!
Posted by: cindy | September 21, 2012 at 12:37 PM
These cake is stunning
xoxo,
T
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Posted by: T | September 21, 2012 at 03:50 PM
Divine...
Posted by: danaeL | September 22, 2012 at 02:43 PM
Gorgeous images. You can't go wrong with chocolate cake & roses.
Posted by: Brett Torrey Haynes | September 23, 2012 at 01:38 AM
My idea of perfection! I pinned it!
http://therosetteportrait.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Hannah Rosette | September 24, 2012 at 04:25 PM
I agree with you Chelsea. Some sweets also taste great with rose petals. ~ Herman Swan
Posted by: stone range hood | October 18, 2012 at 03:35 AM