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Hello I have a large number of cup cakes going out soon that will have butter cream and white chocolate ganache mix piped onto each then topped with a unwired sugar paste flower made 4 days before the event (so hopefully fully dried) will the butter cream mix soften the flowers causing them to flop during the day , I am not able to go to the event to finish the cakes so will be finishing them in the morning of the event.
would a disc of fondant under each help?

thank you

I’m new on here and to cake decorating, but can help I think! I’ve just made 60 cupcakes with fondant flowers for my aunty’s 70th and did a trial run and the fondant did go soft overnight on the buttercream rose even though they were dried out properly (about a week’s drying as I made them in advance). However, I did notice the flower paste ones flopped less, so I made most of mine out of that and as MIWL says, put a little disc of flower paste under them cut out with a large dot plunger and glued the flower to it using a bit of royal icing. The disc went a bit floppy but the flower didn’t. I would also not put your cakes into a fully closed container. I used cupcake boxes and left them slightly open which also helps with the cases parting from the cake.

Hi LizzieM

I usually allow the buttercream/ganache to crust over and attach the flowers on with melted chocolate or candy melts which acts as a grease proof base. It depends also on how long these will be standing. I’ve made cupcakes with swirls of buttercream and attached decorations with nothing bad happening. My events have always been for family and friends but if yours are for a client perhaps a disc of fondant under each would be a good thing to do. Keep the cakes in a cool room to prevent the buttercream from softening and releasing any oils.