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Candied edible flowers without egg white!

12/2/2025

Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake (see my recipe!) with candied cosmos, blue porterweed, pentas & mint leaves

I finally experimented again using meringue powder in place of raw egg white, and vodka instead of water. It was a success!

Using vodka instead of water greatly speeds up the drying process, and the alcohol evaporates, so you don't taste it. i realize this may disappoint some. ;-)
Meringue powder can be found online and in cooking/baking/craft stores.
superfine sugar works better than regular granulated sugar because it's lighter weight and flower won't collapse. it's not sold in many stores, but i found it in Publix here in Florida, and hear it's also sold in Walmart. You can also make your own putting regular granulated sugar in a food processor.
flowers dry better on a drying rack, which allows air flow on all sides. Coat lightly with vegetable oil so they don't stick.
For larger flowers, use the petals only, as the stems, stamen/pistil (flower center) and sepals (on underside) can taste bitter.
The cake pictured here is my Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

Make sure you use flowers that are safe to eat! Not all flowers and leaves are edible. Please do your research before feeding plants to anyone. :-) They should be organic/ and pesticide-free.
The seeds I use are mainly from Botanical Interests. They have a lot of edible and organic varieties.

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Pressed Floral Shortbread

5/22/2025

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Yield: About 3 dozen 2.5" cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temp
3/8 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
edible flowers*
extra sugar for sprinkling
coarse sea salt for sprinkling

*Should be organic/pesticide free. Not all flowers and leaves are edible. Please research!!

You will also need:
Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
wax paper
fork

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lemon poppy seed sugar cookies

11/24/2018

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Yield: About 3 dozen 2.5" cookies

Dough Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 tbsp lemon extract
zest of one lemon
2 tbsp poppy seeds
2.75-3 cups all-purpose flour

Icing Ingredients:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
6-7 tbsp lemon juice (about two lemons)
4 tsp meringue powder (optional—use if you want icing to firm up completely, which is a good idea for presentation purposes if you plan to gift them. i like Wilton)

Toppings:
2 tbsp poppy seeds
zest of one lemon, air-dried completely

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candied flowers & herbs

10/6/2018

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This is an update to my 9/7/17 post on candied nasturtiums, which was my first time ever trying out this technique. Since then i've learned a few things, reflected here:

a few drops of vodka greatly speed up the drying process, and makes egg white solution thinner and lighter. this helps flowers keep their shape.
superfine sugar works better than regular granulated sugar because it's lighter weight and flower won't collapse. it's pricy to buy, so definitely make your own in the food processor.
flowers dry better on a drying rack, which allows air flow on all sides. spray lightly with cookie spray so they don't stick.

Make sure you use plants that are organic/pesticide free. Also, not all flowers and leaves are edible. Please do your research before feeding plants to anyone. :-)
Nasturtium is an entirely edible plant, flowers and leave. This year I planted a bunch of new edible flowers in my garden: bachelor buttons, gem marigolds, bright lights cosmos, lavender hyssop and chamomile. I always save the seed packets so I can identify new plants once (if!) they pop up. :-)
Seeds are mainly from Botanical Interests.

it's fun to test this candying technique on herbs like mint and basil. i recently candied spearmint from my garden and it came out awesome! i used them on chocolate cookies. see photo below.

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