Cakes are always special usually because they are celebrating a special event in someone's life. Many brides' love flowery cake tops in place of the traditional bride and groom and flowery cake tops are perfect for bridal showers, baby showers, and people who simply love flowers. It is very easy to learn how to do crepe paper flowers for your special cake. With the knowledge you have you can create any type of paper flowers you want to decorate a cake.

In this article, we are going to look at a few different ways you can decorate a cake with flowers and if you do not know how to make paper flowers for your special cake you will learn quickly!

Let us first look at a wedding cake it seems like this would be a great place to start as we mentioned many brides and grooms are choosing the flowery look over any other type. Especially celebrities they are unique people in their own right and so are you.

A bouquet of flowers is very popular for any size or shape wedding cake. The crepe paper bouquet is made without the holder and simply placed on top of the cake and in some it replaces the bride and groom. However, it can also surround the traditional bride and groom. When you make the bouquet make the center part with a small opening to insert the bride and groom cake topper. This is easier to measure accurately if you have the cake topper available when you make the flower bouquet arrangement.

The flower garland strand is also popular for smaller cakes that do not use tiers but simply sit on top of one another it consists of a number of flowers that wrap around and lay on each layer of the cake. If the cake is sitting on a large round plate then flowers are also set around the entire outside of the cake.

Both of these methods can be used for any type of event. For a bridal shower just use, the color theme for the wedding and the type of flowers you will be having in your bouquet. You can even make a mini bouquet that looks just like your larger bouquet that you will carry down the aisle.

For a baby shower if you know if the baby is going to be a girl or boy you can use the same bouquet style and use pink or purple with a little white for a girl and blue or green and white for a boy. If you do not know the baby's gender then yellows and light pastels in neutral, colors will make for a very pretty crepe paper flower cake top.

If you are not a paper flower maker yet, you will need to pick up a book and some crepe paper and spend a little time practicing making your flowers. It will not take long before you have a beautiful crepe paper flower cake topper!