My choc transfers I just stick in the icing and they stand on their own, but I THINK if you are placing them on wires you need to stick a straw into the cake first and put the wire in the straw so it never actually comes in contact with the food. Or most recently I have done them on barbecue skewers
Since you bake your cakes in aluminum pans, for the most part, and since copper, carbon steel, tin and stainless steel are also used with food, I'd venture a guess that wires made from any of these substances would be just fine. I wipe mine down with a swipe of everclear just before inserting in the cake.
Since you bake your cakes in aluminum pans, for the most part, and since copper, carbon steel, tin and stainless steel are also used with food, I'd venture a guess that wires made from any of these substances would be just fine. I wipe mine down with a swipe of everclear just before inserting in the cake.
I could see using any of these But carbon steel. There are many different grades of carbon steel. What your knifes are made out of is completely different from some other carbon steel that is not even allowed in food plants that process food. This is just a personal preference though.
Leily
You know who uses wires a lot ? it is Duff, that cake guy in Charm Cakes or Charm City Cakes or something like that.... I used wire for my Butterflies last October, I knew they were safe, but I still wrapped the part that goes into the cake w/ very small pc. of plaztic wrap, just to be safe. No can tell, it's tha part that goes into the cake. 
To be on the safe side, wrap the section of the wire that will stick into the cake with Saran Press n Seal by cutting a narrow piece, lay the wire on it near the edge, press down slightly and roll the wire (like rolling carpeting).
Hope this will eliminate any worries.
Thanks for all the responses. Since I wasn't doing anything that really needed to "fly", I decided to just put some of the palm trees on bamboo skewers thereby eliminating all the wire safety issues. I managed to make palm trees and flamingos and hope that they will stay in tact until I'm ready to do the cake!
I use floral wire that I've washed in hot, soapy water.
Hi reenie, if you mean the green painted florist's wire, the wire is painted with a paint that can have traces of lead and is not considered safe. Florist's tape is also not food safe according to the manufacturer. The wires that silk flowers are on, the plastic coated wires, is also not food safe when exposed.
Carbon steel can rust and there are different grades of it, some more rust resistant than others. It is not all knife quality. I have a wok made of high quality carbon steel that rusts quite easily. Even stainless steel can rust under the right circumstances. Of all the metals, the stainless steel is the safest.
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes
I just took a gumpaste flower class with Nicholas Lodge, which was AWESOME! Anyway, we were talking about just what this topic about, cuz we wondered if you could stick the flowers on wires right into the cake. He said not to - because it can definitely rust. He said he was at a wedding where the cake was a $26,000 cake that had gumpaste flowers all over it - and when the bride and groom cut into it - the wires were all rusted so the cake had rust in it. Yuck. Can you imagine paying that much for a rusty cake?! So he said you should use floral spikes (depending on the length of the wire) or like somone else said - use plastic straws and stick the wires in there, or I like the Saran Wrap press n seal idea also.
You can use spagetti, I have use it before and when making people you can actually use spagettie instead of bamboo sticks or toothpicks, especially of the people are for childrens cakes as the children always eat everything on the cake no matter how much time you spend on making them.
I know this is an old topic, but since there was a link to it..... Doesn't the spagetti get soft with the moisture of the cake and fall over? I'm fairly new to decorating and only do them for friends and family anyway, but I do like to make everything edible as much as possible......
i wonder if chinese noodles would be strong enough to hold them. i was told by someone that if i wanted my cake completely edible when using gumpaste flowers to use chinese noodles in place of the wire.
Haven't even tried to use flowers like this, and now am completely clueless as to a visual about the chinese noodles 
What/how do you use them?
Sarah
Since my first cake in which I stabbed all the wires right into the cake----no one died---I have a couple methods for using wire:
For a bunch of flowers on the top tier, for example, put a big ball of fondant on top and poke the wires into that.
For sprays, tape the wired flowers together with florist tape, trim the wire bunch and bend into a curve then lay on top of the cake.
Or use royal icing to attach them to a pastillage plaque.
Anyway, the person who eats my gumpaste flowers deserves to die.
Anyway, the person who eats my gumpaste flowers deserves to die.
LOLOL I so felt this way after only making 5 flowers myself. Someone is going to be paying big bucks and they better just look at them!
Great laugh to start the day!
Leily
I know this is an old topic, but since there was a link to it..... Doesn't the spagetti get soft with the moisture of the cake and fall over? I'm fairly new to decorating and only do them for friends and family anyway, but I do like to make everything edible as much as possible......
In order for spagetti to get soft it needs to be in some Very hot water, not just moisture. Even in a humid room for a few months (yes experience talking here) they don't get soft. I would imagine that you would need the spagetti noodles to be in the cake for quite awhile... and who lets a cake sit around a long time? No one I know of
This is all just my illogical thinking... so if anyone does have experience please let me know
Leily
Would hard spaghetti pose as a choking hazard...especially for children? Just a newbie here...Thanks!!
Would hard spaghetti pose as a choking hazard...especially for children? Just a newbie here...Thanks!!
not if properly removed....
and if some still stuck to a cookie...."chew, kid, chew!"
(yep, as a kid...hard spaghetti was a "crunchy" snack sometimes)
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