When I see cakes adorned with wires on the top to prop up decorations, etc, is that just regular picture wire? Or straight floral wire I assume? Can someone tell me? I need to use some on a cake next week.

Thanks!!

I use florist wire like my pic here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lushcakes/3803994215/

I think I used a 24 gauge wire. I also wrap some of the wires around a dowel to get a spring effect.

The majority use floral wire but I recommend that you have a read thru this thread before using the wire in your cake:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-632290-wire.html

Thanks for the heads up xstitcher! And the cakes I'm making are for kids. Great info to know. I'm going to look into those posy sticks now.