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Author: Jackie, Location: Tacoma, WA PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:10 pm    Post subject: Fresh Flowers on your Cake? Read this first!
Fresh Flowers on your Cake? make sure they are safe!

Click here for a list of non-toxic flowers to garnish your cake.


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Which flowers are the safest? The answer is twofold. First, no flower is safe to eat or use on or near food products unless it has been organically grown. This means no chemical herbicides or pesticides have been used on or around the plant. Rose fertilizers that contain systemic toxins are included in this category, as are any fertilizers of the weed-and-feed variety.

This also means that edible flowers that are brought home from nurseries and garden centers are not safe to eat or use on or near food products unless they have been grown organically or sustainably (without toxins).

Secondly, for some people, eating pollen can trigger allergies or even asthma. To be safe, remove the pollen-bearing parts of each edible flower (the pistils and stamens). The sepals or calyx also should be removed from all flowers except the viola-violet clan (pansies, Johnny-Jump-Ups, violets and violettas).

That said, quite a number of flowers common to vegetable beds and ornamental borders are both lovely to look at and tasty to boot.

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Last edited by Jackie on Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:37 pm; edited 4 times in total
Author: tika, Location: Philly PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 6:42 pm    Post subject:
Thanks for posting that. I have a wedding cake to do at the end of this month (it's my first). The picture the bride showed me has roses on the cake, but I've decided to just use royal icing flowers, because I didn't want to take any chances.
Author: JPark, Location: Louisiana, PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:15 pm    Post subject: wedding cake w/fresh roses
I am doing a large (8 tiered) wedding cake next week. Not only will this be the largest cake I've done, but my main concern is that the bride wants fresh roses (150 in all!). I'll be taking the proper precautions to ensure food safety, but my question is how long with the roses stay fresh once they are on/around the cake? The reception room will be air conditioned, which I know will help, but since this is the first time I've used fresh flowers, I have no idea how long they will stay fresh. Help!
All posts welcome or email me at JParker145@aol.com
Author: vie,  PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:17 pm    Post subject:
Hello everyone,
I just got an order for a wedding cake and she wants to use Tulips. Now I have looked all over and it doesn't say if they are edible or poison. So now I am not sure what to tell the customer.

Does anyone have the answer?

Sylvie
Author: Lisa, Location: Quiet Corner, CT PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:19 pm    Post subject:
As long as they haven't been treated with pesticides, tulips are edible.
Author: twindees, Location: Jacksonville Florida, Bye Bye NYC Brooklyn Forever PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:29 pm    Post subject:
This is very important info.


Thanks Thumbs Up!
Author: vie,  PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:18 pm    Post subject:
Thanks Lisa. I guess I will have to call the flower shop to find out.
Author: Lisa, Location: Quiet Corner, CT PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:33 pm    Post subject:
You're welcome Smile
Author: cakefairy18, Location: T.O. CANADA PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:24 pm    Post subject:
Thanks for the info...
Author: lotsoftots,  PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:52 am    Post subject:
Thank you! Personally, fresh flowers on a cake is my all time favorite look--but safety first! Good to know!
Author: LittleBigMomma, Location: Alabama PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:18 am    Post subject:
This is good to know!
Author: cakebybek,  PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:14 am    Post subject:
Yes Thank You for the info!!!!!!
Author: whtrbbt420, Location: The Oklahomophobic State PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:29 am    Post subject: Calla lilies?
My wedding is in July, and I would like to have Calla Lilies on my wedding cake. They wern't on the list of edible flowers, so I have to ask. Are Calla Lilies safe to put on my cake?
Author: edencakes, Location: Horn Lake, MS PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:45 am    Post subject:
Sorry, calla lilies are toxic and not safe to come in contact with anything edible. You can always make some gumpaste ones, though!
Author: whtrbbt420, Location: The Oklahomophobic State PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:08 am    Post subject:
edencakes wrote:
Sorry, calla lilies are toxic and not safe to come in contact with anything edible. You can always make some gumpaste ones, though!


thank you so much! You saved me from poisoning my wedding guests Laughing
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