Has anyone ever used real hydrengea on a cake do you know if they are toxic. I know I've seen them on a lot of cakes but I just wanted to make sure. Thanks, Rachel

Yes... and yes!

They are toxic, but if you're careful with them and provide a layer of plastic between them and the cake, you're fine.

OR... there are a lot of really nice looking silk/plastic hydrangeas available now (pretty sure fresh ones are out of season anyhow!)

Exactly how do you mean for the plastic. The flowers are supposed to lay on top of each tier. What do you use saran? how do you hide it?

I used clear plastic ... I can't think of the name, but it's a lot thicker than saran wrap - more like the stuff teachers make transparancies on...

Acetate...is that what you were trying to say? lol You can use it to make transparencies for use with a projector...or make stencils out of it. HTH!

Yeah, lastingmoments...that's it. I bet that's what MelC was thinking of. You can probably just cut a circle out - the diameter of the cake minus your border width - and lay it on top of the cake. But if you're using a pillar stand or something, I guess you'd have to cut holes in it where they would need to go, as well. Maybe there's another option out there or something...in case I'm way off the mark on this one...lol

YEP!! Acetate is it! Thanks guys... my brain just wouldn't give me that for anything!

I did a wedding cake this way and everything was great!