I'm using fresh flowers for the first time. I'm picking them up in the morning and delivering the cake at 2. I have no backup plan if it doesn't turn out. I can't put flower picks into the top of the cake because I already put plastic stabalizers into the center of the cake. I put a piece of wax paper on the top and I want to put the flowers directly on top of that. How do I get the flowers to stay in place? I don't want them just flopped on, I want it in a nice "bouquet", but how do I make it stay like that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also the florist's foam that is shaped like a half ball. Just put the flower stems in that and it's in a mound. Since you will have wax paper down on the cake you don't have to worry about the foam getting on the cake.

or if you're going to have a cluster of flowers with all the stems towards the center......what about those U shaped pins that florists use.......they're metal...maybe you could turn that over and stick it down into the cake pinning the flowers in place!

I agree with Kellie2583. If you check on my photos of the anniversary cake that is how mine is done. There was this plastic container that the foam ball sat in and the flower stems were pressed into the foam. The plastic container was wrapped in a matching color so you could really see it.