45 Wedding Cakes With Sugar Flowers That Look Stunningly Real

Gum paste snowdrops sit on the powdered sugar- and marzipan-coated tiers of this gorgeous white wedding cake.

Lauren Bohl-White of A White Cake made sugar and marzipan pomegranates and foliage for this fall-themed confection.

Ron Ben-Israel filled hand-crafted lace appliqué molds with sugar paste to create 25 breathtaking shapes for this dress-inspired cake, which included dahlias, roses, and periwinkles. 

Huge, custom-made sugar flowers designed by Amy DeGiulio of Sugar Flower Cake Shop sat atop this lush and blooming fondant-covered confection. 

This buttercream-frosted, vanilla-and-sliced strawberry beauty was topped with sugar gardenias that echoed the painting above the fireplace by the groom's grandfather.

Neatly tailored tiers draped in pale-pink fondant and trimmed with braids of royal icing serve as the backdrop for a few artfully placed gum-paste camellias. Cake maker Wendy Kromer took a cue from Coco Chanel, who chose the lush flower as her signature bloom.

To mimic ribbon embroidery, Ron Ben-Israel shaped sugar-paste carnations by hand before affixing them to the sides of these three fondant-covered tiers. Tucked between the carnation-bedecked layers are two shorter tiers decorated with icing and sugar-paste flowers and stems.

This five-tiered cake by cake designer Ron Ben-Israel takes Bernardaud's "Pensees" pattern to soaring new heights. It's abloom with hand-painted sugar pansies "planted" into fondant. To wow your crowd, ask your baker for extra blossoms so that one can be served with each slice.

Ron Ben-Israel re-created the elegant detail of a circa-1900 French silk fabric by pressing fondant with a rubber stamp to mimic the weave, then piping on petite mimosa blossoms and stems, and applying sugar-paste leaves. The flowers were painted with powdered yellow food coloring mixed with luster dust for a silk-like shimmer.

The floral motif on this cake was inspired by van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" painting series. A golden color palette (both inside and out) and oven-dried piped meringue petals capture the post-impressionist works of art.

For a New Year's Eve wedding, sugar peonies and the lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne" decorated this carrot, lemon-blackberry, and chocolate-raspberry cake.

The molded sugar flowers—light pink rosebuds, mini roses, and stephanotis—that adorned this three-tiered cake are covered in Grand Marnier-flavored French buttercream. Inside are three different tiers: white butter cake with Chambord mousse filling, white butter cake with apricot filling, and chocolate mousse cake with hazelnut mousse filling.

Cake maker April Reed used tightly grouped handmade sugar-paste carnations to dress up this otherwise simple cake.

This Connecticut couple served up a large selection of floral cakes for dessert. This conefection had square layers, pale-blue icing, and sugar calla lilies.

Shrinking violets? Not the riotous ones piped in luscious buttercream on this winningly old-fashioned four-tiered cake by Wendy Kromer, which also features sugary pansies and sweet peas.

White roses have come to symbolize purity, unity, and true love—as opposed to red roses' association with passion—which has earned them the status of Ultimate Wedding Flower. Here, New York City cake guru Sylvia Weinstock blanketed three tiers of cake in handmade, edible sugar petals to gently echo the shape of a French croquembouche—and create a temple to Cupid's favorite bloom.

This cake by Ron Ben-Israel Cakes takes its cues from a swatch of graphic 1960s floral cotton. The leaf and bud designs were photocopied from the fabric to make patterns, then cut out from tinted sugar paste using a craft knife and transferred to the white-fondant-covered tiers. The finishing touch? A sprinkling of yellow sugar-paste roses throughout for an eye-popping embellishment.

A rose is a rose is a rose. But the bloom is charmingly unconventional when it's done as a two-dimensional motif in rolled white fondant. Wendy Kromer used custom rubber stamps (from Stampworx 2000) and a sharp blade to form the flowers, meant to recall appliqués you might find on a gown.

The spirit of a century-old French silk ribbon can be felt in every bite of this darling cake. On top rests a dramatic bow of molded gum paste (so realistic, you'll be tempted to untie it). An edible luster dust was mixed with lemon extract and then painted onto the fondant in a rose pattern that evokes the blurry quality of an ikat weave.

Whimsical and sweet, like strawberries themselves, this cake—with its gum-paste fruits and flowers atop whitewashed fondant—is a not-too-classic Bavarian style. A basket filled with tiny strawberries tops off the countryside-chic creation.

This white chocolate foliage, molded from fresh mint, looks delicate and tastes delicious. For the cake inside, rich chocolate layered with mint buttercream would be complementary yet unexpected. Serve with vanilla ice cream—because everything is better à la mode.

This patterned lemon cake features piped flowers where every band meets. The floral topper is an added bonus—but you can sub in a traditional topper, too.

This fashion-inspired cake by Ron Ben-Israel features chic simplicity, in the form of minimalist dots, ribbons, and oversized flowers inspired by the elegant lines of classic Chanel. Plus, it's easier to achieve than you think.