These Beautiful Hydrangea Cakes Are Perfect for Your Summer Wedding

See your favorite summer flower in frosting form thanks to the internet's newest craze.
Wedding cake with hydrangeas
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Parker Butler
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  • Parker Butler is an Account Executive at Lou Hammond Group.
  • Parker has experience in editorial, broadcast, and public relations work.
  • Parker worked for The Knot as a Digital Editorial Intern.

With their voluminous clusters in a rainbow of hues, hydrangeas are a favorite summer floral, both in the garden and in weddings. But you don't have to limit these stems to bouquets or centerpieces—incorporate hydrangeas into your cake using sugar flowers or this mesmerizing buttercream frosting technique that's gone totally viral, thanks to a recent post from SugarHero.com.

How gorgeous is that?

Re-create these delicious designs on cake or cupcakes for your bridal events or ask your cake baker if they can pull off something like it for your day. Your sweets will look almost too pretty to eat!

Here, some of our favorite #hydrangeacakes from Instagram.

There's lots to love about the simplicity of this hydrangea topped birthday cake! #klcakedesign #floralcake #hydrangeacake
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