DIY flower cake

i made myself a birthday cake!

out of flowers.
no calories!
unless you eat them.

my birthday isn't until next week.
it is o.k. to celebrate early  all month.
promise.
i do.

i have made this kind of flower cake a couple of times before.
once for a friend's birthday
and another time for a garden club demonstration.

i am sorry i can not remember where i found this idea.
most likely from martha?

it is so easy.
pretty too,
and lasts a long time.

and because it is my birthday month
and i am celebrating...
i have put together a little tutorial on how to make this cake...
enjoy!

here goes...
you will need two pieces of rectangular florists foam,
cut the ends off to form a square to fit your cake stand.

you will also need fresh flowers with strong stems.
 carnation's and daisy's work well.

i found bunches of flowers on sale for 50 cents at my local grocery.
total cost $3.50!
  i'll have to remember to buy my flowers on thursdays when the not so fresh ones are sold on clearance.
just found that out ...yippie.
50 cents!

i used the bottom of a plate to depress a circle shape guide into the foam.

cut away the foam to form a cake shape.

make sure your foam shape fits the cake stand,
 with about an inch of space for the flowers.
the 2 foam pieces do not have to be attached to each other, rather just standing next to each other.

completely soak your foam in water.

place soaked foam back on stand.

cut flowers leaving about 2 inches of stem.

 start poking flowers into foam, starting on the bottom row.

add rows of flowers overlapping slightly.

fill in the top layer with flowers.

that's it!
pretty.
at this point, i decided to transfer my flower cake to a different, more sparkly, silver cake stand
 and i changed the rows of flowers slightly.

i welcome
 and
embrace
 the month of march.
for my birthday
for flowers
for cake
for st. patty's day (erin means ireland yunno)
for longer days
and
for
spring.

and i am grateful.
you are
 my gardeners.