Edible flowers & spices

Edible flowers add colour to cakes, cupcakes, chocolates and biscuits with their natural colours. At miniSchoggi you will find more than 40 products around edible flowers and spices, for baking as well as for cooking. At the heart of the range are our organic flowers grown in Switzerland.

Which edible flowers do we stock?

• Organic flowers from Switzerland: cornflowers in blue, pink or mixed, sunflowers, marigold (calendula) and a colourful organic flower mix.
• Dried flowers, 15 pieces each: daisies, violets, yellow marguerites, globe amaranth and meadow flowers, plus pink and yellow rosebuds and the ‘flower meadow’ mix in 12 g and 100 g.
• Freeze-dried flowers: pansies, elderflowers, rose petals, white and pink mini roses and a flower mix. They keep their shape and colour particularly well.
• Roses and rose petals in packs from 2 g to 100 g – the large pack is handy if you decorate often.

Tips from our bakery

Edible flowers do not like moisture. Place them on cream, buttercream or ganache shortly before serving, otherwise they soften and lose their colour. Freeze-dried flowers draw moisture very quickly: close the pack straight after use and store it somewhere dry and dark. Tweezers make placing single petals much easier. Cornflower and marigold petals can also be scattered over white chocolate or chocolate bark before it sets.

Spices for biscuits, bread and cooking

For Christmas baking we offer gingerbread spice (60 g) and speculoos spice (45 g and 50 g), Ceylon cinnamon, ground ginger, green aniseed as well as nutmeg and mace. The bread spice blend gives home-made loaves a warm, aromatic note. For savoury dishes there is ras el hanout, four-spice blend, mango curry blend, wild garlic powder, pink pepper, black garlic, black salt and red salt. Chai and golden milk blends turn hot milk into a warming drink – our Golden Milk recipe shows you how. Let a spiced dough rest for a day: gingerbread tastes rounder the next day, for example with our honey gingerbread recipe.

Frequently asked questions

Are all flowers edible?

No. Only use flowers that are sold specifically as edible, like the ones in this category. Flowers from a florist or from the garden are not intended for eating.

How long do dried flowers keep?

The best-before date is printed on every pack. Stored dry, cool and away from light, they keep their colour and aroma longest.

How do I decorate biscuits with flowers?

Fix delicate flowers after baking with a little icing; for a flower border you can also press dried flowers lightly into the edge of the dough before baking, although they lose a little colour. Our vanilla sablés with a flower edge show the result. You will find more ideas under edible decorations, and on our cake decorating course in Adliswil you learn to decorate like a pro.