In this tutorial, Serdar shows you his special way to decorate a tiered cake with a climbing arrangement of flowers.
This tutorial is about how to arrange flowers in a climbing ’S’ shape on the side of a tiered cake.
Climbing Floral Arrangement Technique
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Climbing Floral Arrangment Techniques Course Material
This PDF document contains an actual size blueprint of the cake.
Track
Duration
Introduction
1:45
Planning the S Structure
11:28
Planning the Flowers
12:28
Adding Ribbons
7:34
Making the Small Flowers
6:20
STEP 1 - Assembling the S Structure
6:44
STEP 2 - Covering Joins with Chocolate
3:53
STEP 3 - Adding the Main Rose Clusters
7:38
STEP 4 - Extending the Main Rose Clusters
5:39
STEP 5 - Adding the Small Filler Flowers
5:39
STEP 6 - Adding Single Buds to the Tips
3:42
STEP 7 - Adding Medium Size Roses
7:50
Adding More Rose Clusters
4:51
STEP 8 - Adding Flowers Behind the FLowers
4:47
STEP 9 - Adding the Leaves
5:43
STEP 10 - Adding Mini Filler Flowers
4:41
Final Thoughts
3:22
Total Duration
1:44:36
While not everything on this list is absolutely required, these are the things used in this tutorial video.
Of course you are welcome to find alternative ways of doing things and we would love to hear if you've
discovered an easier method or better tool to achieve good results. Please note that some items may be listed as sets,
and it is usually recommended to have full sets, it may not be neccessary. In most cases, only one item from a set is actually used
in the tutorial. Please watch the tutorial before purchasing any items to make sure you are not buying anything you don't need.
Tools & Materials
Pair of Scissors
Pliers
Skewers
Cold Spray
Hot Glue Gun
Cellophane
3 Tier Cake Stand with Center Pillar
See tutorial
9mm(thickness) x 150mm(diametre) Round Wooden Board
9mm(thickness) x 200mm(diametre) Round Wooden Board
9mm(thickness) x 450mm(diametre) Round Wooden Board
PVC Pipe
2 x 50mm(diametre) by 200mm(length)
Often used to create pillars between cake tiers. Can also be used within the cake to provide extra internal support. Serdar often uses a PVC pipe to roll fondant.
Threaded Rod (10mm)
50cm length
Threaded rod with 10mm diametre (also known as M10).
Hexagonal Nut (10mm)
x 2
5 x 60cm(length) Silk flower stems
Flower stem tape
30 x Silk leaves
Cake pop sticks
Thin flower wires
Double Sided Tape
Ribbon
Zip ties
White
Recipes & Ingredients
3 Round Cakes
100(height) x 150(diametre) 100(height) x 200(diametre) 100(height) x 250(diametre)
White Chocolate
Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the…
Other Required Items
15 x Large Flowers
15 x Medium Flowers
15 x Small Flowers
15 x 2 Petal Flowers
15 x Single Petal Flowers
6 x Bunch of Triple Medium Filler Flowers
6 x Bunch of 5 in 1 Mini Daisies
April 1, 2016
jill cook
loved it
Really enjoyed watching. I have to make a 6 tier with pillars so I am hoping can use these ideas to cope with that. Many thanks I will be back
April 1, 2016
Gillian CookVerified
Loved it. Really enjoyed watching. I have to make a 6 tier with pillars so I am hoping can use these ideas to cope with that. Many thanks I will be back
January 19, 2016
Adele
Stunning. No wonder you feel a sense of achievement when you take the plastic from the board - the contrast with this one, with the black, the white and the red is great. Thank you once again for sharing your lifetime of skills and easy helps.
January 19, 2016
Adele ArthurVerified
Stunning. No wonder you feel a sense of achievement when you take the plastic from the board - the contrast with this one, with the black, the white and the red is great. Thank you once again for sharing your lifetime of skills and easy helps.
January 15, 2016
Sharon FoleyVerified
Yet another wonderful tutorial. You are truly an artist. Thankyou for explaining in simple terms and breaking it down into sections making a difficult arrangement easy.
January 15, 2016
Fabian RoblesVerified
A beautiful arrangement made easy to follow!
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Dear Serdar Yener,
I really enjoyed this tutorial. Your techniques from the preparation of the sketch to the final result give us much learning. I just would like a suggestion from you regarding a substitute for chocolate as a fixing flowers arrangement. In my country the weather makes chocolate very unstable. Would the royal icing be an alternative?
Thank you in advance for your attention.
No, royal icing does not dry quick enough, to hold the flowers on the branch. Please try hot liquid pastillage . Small amounts at a time. You have to melt 100 g pastillage in the coffee cut in the microwave till liquid form. Deep the bottom of flowers in the liquid and quickly hold in a place study. Do not glue another flower next to it right away . Work on other areas and jump the locations till you finish. Thanks
Serdar Yener, thank you very much for your support!
It is my pleasure, Marcelo. Good luck.
Thank you so much. I have to do a 6 tier with regular pillars in between will this design work for that? Loved it by the way
Yes, but I don’t know your design and weight. You may increase the diameter of PVC pipes, especially on lower tiers.
This is a great tutorial, thanks. I may now try and attempt a formal arrangement. Where do you get your silk flower products from? Did you but formed roses and then pulled them apart to achieve just the stems?
Yes You have to buy the complete rose on stem and take of the the rosses and leaves.Thanks
Yet another clearly explained tutorial. Thanks! I’ll have to make some modifications because of our hot and humid cilmate which makes the use of chocolate as an adhesive not practicable.
What is it you add to the melted chocolate to thicken it?
vodka, gin or kirsch . Thanks
I always check first if this tutorial has come out before looking elsewhere. .waiting Chef Yener….
Can’t wait for this one !
Looking forward to this one, too!