Do you think it's appropriate to decorate a birthday cake for an older man with flowers? (roses)?

I mean those buttercream piped roses? I say no, my husband says yes.. I am making this cake for my grandfathers 90th birthday

Do you think it's appropriate to decorate a birthday cake for an older man with flowers? (roses)?
I have been decorating cakes for over 30 yrs. and see nothing wrong with roses for men. Chocolate roses are a big hit with men.
Reply:Flowers are just fine %26amp; your grandfather won't mind a bit. God bless him on his special day!!!!
Reply:I wouldn't answer a definite no, but I would not answer yes. It depends on the cake colour, and on the way the roses look. If they're pink, then definitely not. If they're a more gender-neutral colour, then maybe. Also, they shouldn't give the cake a feminine air (haha - a little difficult if it's covered in roses.) It also depends how picky your grandfather is. SO--- it can be done but it might be tricky to get the right look.





What about doing another piping design - e.g. stars or another shape/pattern? Here's a good link for ideas:


http://books.google.com/books?id=80phOmm...





Hope that helps! I tried to be fair to both you and your husband :P
Reply:Girl, your grandfather is a lucky man! I'm sure he will LOVE anything that you make him, because you're doing it with love. My opinion about the flowers is GO AHEAD just ofcourse don't make them red lol... but go ahead, make something really nice for him on his special day. They could be colored with a metallic blue or n/e dark color that doesn't look too girly, but not sad either... and if not then just make it how you like it =]
Reply:Hi, I'm a baker for 26 years, and I love to decorate with flowers, it's nothing wrong with that but also depend on the kind of person, there are people that think that flowers is only for women, but it's only some people's preferences, there are also a lot of ideas that you can use in the cake, depending on what your grandpa likes, for example decoration about his hobbies, the profession he had, what was his kind of job, does he likes fishing?, etc. In this cases I prefer to make the cake in the shape of the age, for example make the number 90 on the shape of a cake, it's something original, or something with a man resting because he is retired, or on the cake you can make a top with the # 90, besides how one of the participants told you you can put stars on the decoration instead of flowers. You can have as many ideas as you can the important part is that you are making the cake for your grandpa and is with love. God bless you and good luck.
Reply:no, isn't there something he'd like better?
Reply:if they are done with more masculine colors, then i think it's okay, but it probably wouldn't be my first choice. what do you think your grandfather might like? for my great-uncle's 90th a few years ago, the colors matched his favorite college football team and the decorations included a drawing of the prominent building on campus on it; he really loved it! so i encourage you to have fun with the cake and go with something that he will really enjoy. birthday blessings to him!
Reply:Sure, it's fine and there is nothing wrong with giving flowers to a man also.