I would not place fresh flowers directly in contact with the cake. I use these flower spikes to hold the fresh flowers on the cake:
http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E312C10-475A-BAC0-5D34A3D6D0BDDF27
Dont put the flowers directly on the cake! If you are using white fondant it will turn it yellow/brown color. I tried to do a cake dummy with fresh flowers and figured it wouldnt matter putting them directly on the cake. Well it did! And nobody wants to eat that! Use floral spikes or they have those bowls that hold the water in them.
if you are laying the flowers on the cake, not sticking them in, do you need to put something between the petals and the icing? if so, what do you use? i have a friend who's getting married and wants fresh flowers, but i've never used them either.
Ok, shocking but true. I pushed the roses directly into the cake (my daughter's wedding cake) and they probably weren't pesticide free since they came from Sam's. I hope to post a picture someday-- the only one I have right now on my computer is from the photographer and copyrighted. (is that a word?) They looked beautiful and hopefully we're all going to be ok---it's been 4 years. I know-- down the road--the cumulative effect.
I stick fresh flowers in cake all the time. I wire them together into little arrangements wrap them with a damp piece of paper towel, wrap the towel with foil very securely, so you have a "pick" then just shove them in the cake to make the desired design. Works just fine. ( I do insist on flowers that have only been exposed to food grade chemicals. Any good florist can get them.)
oh honey, dont stick them directly into the cake...get yourself some little floral "water bulbs" and stick those in the cake to hold all your stems
wilton sells them, quite inexpensive, and if you ask your florist, she can probably offer you an array of sizes in them also
The trouble with the wilton picks is that they don't seal so water runs all over. The florist ones seal, but there are huge. I like the foil method...sorry.
UMmm, ya only need a couple drops in the wilton picks, no need to fill them up, your flowers should NOT be cut "thirsty"... Mine are always sitting in water up until i cut them and I've used fresh often and had no problems...best of luck to u
Hopefully no one has fallen ill because of it!!!
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