Birthday Cakes Decoration

Birthday cake decoration ideas for an elderly lady?

It will be my 88 year old great aunt's birthday in a month and I volunteered to make the birthday cake. I can bake well, but I don't have much experience with cake decorating, so I thought I would skip the piped flowers and other decor that I would need a pastry bag for. I was thinking of possibly using fresh flowers around the cake (it will be a chocolate cake with chocolate icing) and possibly a couple of flowers on the top. Also, how would I do the candle/s? I was thinking of a single candle, but since the cake will be a 9"x13" cake, would the single candle be dwarfed by the size of the cake? She is a lovely old lady, and I don't think it would be a good idea to have the cake be covered in 88 candles that she would not be able to blow out. Any ideas would be appreciated.

As a caterer, I have used edible flowers many times in the past. Though many have shied away from actually eating them, any cake presentation decorated this way has always received many oohs and aahs. Although I order from a large food distributor, you should be able to pre-order some from your local florist shop. I would advise to keep them refrigerated until use, and place them on the cake the day of the party. Since they are so very light, a simple, light press of the stem into the icing will hold them in place.

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