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Well, this one is probably obvious, but I always see roses on cakes!
Thanks! I was thinking that as well, only one type of rose that I saw popped up on the toxic lists, and it wasn't garden variety. I'd like to do one more accent flower, as well, and that's where I'm stumped.
I am not a flower person if you can't tell, haha. I think they're pretty, but that's about the extent of my knowledge.
My sister wanted to put some flowers on her wedding cake, and just decided to use some of the extras that had come for/with the church arrangements.
Here is an example:
Here's the website for our best local bakery, who almost always put fresh flowers on their wedding cakes:
Actually, this is the link to their wedding cake "books". Wishing you the best on your cake! I know you can do it!
Sorry I don't have a good answer to this question, but missmouse - I was wondering if you know where your sister got her cake stands?
@mermaideve - you are amazing! Thanks so much, that was incredibly helpful. I just couldn't get out of the "don't use this" mindset, you know?
@missmouse - those look gorgeous!
I would also make sure that they're grown without pesticides. I know that some bakers refuse to use real flowers because of the traces of pesticides that can be left on them. So just watch out for that too! :) Good luck with your cake!
@hilsy - I get all my flowers from Whole Foods, and they're really good about things like that! I think there's no way that pesticides wouldn't be ingested if the flowers were grown with them, you know? The funny thing is, they're not that expensive from WF... I got a BIG gorgeous bouquet of gerbera daisies in bright and light pink with lots of pink and white roses and some greens for FMIL's birthday last week, and it was $12 for the whole gorgeous thing.
i had a cake with gerbera daisies on it for my sweet 16. & we're having a few calla lilies for our wedding cake.
orchids? i think you can eat them, actually..or was that a different type of flower? i forget..
Here's a list of edible flowers and how to cook them and pictures. If you're doing fondant on the cake (most likely not), then you can floral wrap the bottom and stick wires in to hold them on there and not worry about them being toxic. That's what most bakeries do even if they are edible.
@Toffee - was there a link in there? It didn't show. :(
And I'm using buttercream, not fondant, you're right!
Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the ideas!
Oh sorry, I forgot to copy it! Silly me.
http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm
Whoops, just noticed this again. Thanks for the link, it's great!
@Toffee what do you mean by wrap the bottom? wrap the stem or the actual flower? Also do you mean stick a wire through the middle of the flower head? what kind of flower do you think one would use?
I'm also trying to think of how to put flowers on my cake except my cake will be convered in fondant. Will that make a difference?
Also does any one have any idea how real flowers are added to the middle of the tiers of a cake? could you use the green flower foam? but wouldn't that be too wet/heavy??
here's a picture of what I'm talking about. How do the do the top set of flowers too?
I would appreciate the help =)
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I'm making another trial cake soon (R's birthday cake!), and since I'm doing it in two days this time, I'd like to put actual effort into the decorating. I plan to have flowers on the cake, and will wrap any exposed part, but I still don't want to stick a toxic flower on there! Whenever I look for lists of toxic flowers, I get really overwhelmed with variance and length of the list. So does anyone know what flowers ARE safe to put on cakes, with proper precautions?
I'm looking for fairly subtle shades of ivory, light pink, etc. Thanks!