Wednesday, May 11, 2011

May flowers: pretty and edible

Happy Wordless Wednesday and Thursday 13. I've also just discovered What I Love Wednesday, and I'm linking there.  You can too.  :-)  If you have your own WW post, be sure to sign in with the linkie below.  I have beautiful and edible May flowers to share with you today.  I hope these photographs give you inspiration for your own culinary delights.  I find it impossible to choose a favorite.  Can you?

mango cheesecake
Flickr/chotda
Cream cheese, condensed milk and gelatin folded into whipped cream, atop a sugar/orange liqueur-drizzled sponge cake. Topped with "petals" of fresh mango, and a mango-orange juice glaze. The working recipe is here if you'd like to try making it yourself. 

Flower themed Cakelet
Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower themed cakelet.  Flower pot mini cake design serving 3-4.

Sakura Themed Jelly Candies
Flickr/bananagranola
Sakura Themed Jelly Candies
Made by Takanoya-sadahiro confectionery, Kyoto, Japan.

Rose granita
Flickr/nadiya9
Rose granita.
Rose water, lime, and honey. Tastes very delicate.

Would you like to have lotus cake???
Flickr/k_keiko
Would you like to have a lotus cake?  This is the center of the lotus flower.

Rose Rakugan
Flickr/bananagranola
Rose Rakugan. Wagashi shop Fukujudo-Hidenobu in department store,
Daimaru-Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan.

Cath Kidston inspired Rose cupcakes
Flickr/BakeyBakey
Rosy cupcake set, inspired by Cath Kidston, designed by Bakey Bakey.
These were a trial of a white chocolate mudcake recipe decorated with buttercream and fondant.
 
Too Beautiful to Eat?
Flickr/Mo RisaJonawagashi
Note below the box: Each shape represents seasonal items and/or flowers.
Each is hand made using red and/or white bean paste with natural food coloring.
Usually served for Japanese tea ceremonies.

Flower themed Cakelet
Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower themed cakelet. Fancy little vase of flowers mini cake design.

Fuchsia Gerbera Daisy Cake
Flickr/Kim Dever Thibodeaux
The outside of the cake was frosted with Ghirardelli chocolate frosting, then vanilla fondant.
Border and stems are fondant. Flowers are gumpaste.

Culinary Competition - Chocolate Centerpiece
Flickr/purpletwinkie
Chocolate Centerpiece.
Photographed at the IKA International Culinary Olympics, Erfurt, Germany.

Susan's flower
Flickr/Joseph's Vienna Bakery
Susan's flower, hand made flower on chocolate fondant wedding cake.

Saffron Yogurt Mousse with Rose Petal Honey
Flickr/Soma.R
Saffron Yogurt Mousse with Rose Petal Honey.

Flower themed Cakelet
Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower pot on gardening book mini cakes design with coordinating cupcakes.

So. Many. Cupcakes.
Flickr/{Abbey}
Classic chocolate cupcakes with purple buttercream and edible flowers.


Sugar Flowers
Flickr/Tiney's Bakeshop
These are sugar flowers.

Flower Power Cupcake
Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Flower Power Cupcakes decorated with colored licorice twists.


Flower pot cakelets
Flickr/Amy Eilert
Set of 3 Flower pot mini cake designs.

Flower themed Cakelet
Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower themed cakelet. A topiary mini cake of little roses.







8 comments:

  1. looks almost too pretty to eat! ALMOST! :) They also look delicious so I might have to bite into it no matter how beautiful!

    thanks for linking up w/me - hope to see you next week!

    Bernadette
    http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com

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  2. Thanks for stopping by in my blog. Don´t you have a google translator? Than you can read all in english. LG Tina

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  3. WOW! That's incredible that you can do such detail!

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  4. Thank you for stopping by my blog! I'm going to have to follow yours now. AMAZING pieces of food art!!!

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  5. Thanks for stopping by. These are sooo beautiful! Love them. And now I am following you!

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  6. I think my favorite is the saffron mousse. So pretty and simple! Gorgeous stuff you have here! (new follower from WW)

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