Text and Styling by Esther Ottensoser
Photography by Hudi Greenberger

Your creativity will be in full bloom with these edible flower ideas that are almost too pretty to eat!

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry blossoms + cheesecake = a win-win situation!

Use this beautiful design to decorate your dessert plates or the top of your cheesecake. Thank you, Ottimo, for this trademark cheesecake!

You will need:

• melted brown chocolate
• plate or parchment paper
• mini pink meringues (I made these with a Wilton 21 star tip) or pink fondant flowers

Place melted chocolate into a freezer ziplock bag, or melt chocolate directly in a bag.

Cut a tiny hole and, directly onto the plate or parchment paper, draw a branch.

• For the parchment paper method, make sure to make the branch thick enough so it can be transferred without breaking. Allow to dry before moving.
• If you’re drawing directly onto a plate, you may pile plates on top of each other to store, as long as they’re not too heavy. Place parchment paper or Saran Wrap between each plate.

Decorate branch with the blossoms.