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post #16 of 25
3/5/10 at 3:04pm
oh and metal is generally ok. Think about it we cook in metal cake pans. we eat with metal cutlery... etc
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post #17 of 25
3/5/10 at 3:12pm
Is floral tape food safe???
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A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands!
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post #18 of 25
3/6/10 at 5:06am
There are differences in plastics and differences in metals. The metals we cook with and use for eating utensils are deemed food safe..... that's why we use them. Other metals, just because they're metal, doesn't necessarily mean that they're meant to use with edibles.

Same with plastic. All plastic isn't food safe. Pvc isn't always food safe. The inside of PVC water pipes is safe... if they're the pipes that bring water in. The outside of the pipes and pipes for drains out may not be.

Thanks, Leah, for letting me know. I'd be hard pressed to order a cake from you icon_sad.gif
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post #19 of 25
3/6/10 at 8:58am
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Originally Posted by tiggy2

Is floral tape food safe???



No, it sure isn't...and I sure as heck wouldn't eat something that had floral tape in it.

Gross.
~ Sherri
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post #20 of 25
3/6/10 at 9:06am
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Originally Posted by leah_s

Hey Karma, I deliver unboxed ALL the time.



Im with you on that..Who says a box is food safe. Sometimes they are stored in open spaces and God knows what crawls over it.
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post #21 of 25
3/8/10 at 7:13am
I always deliver my cakes unboxed!
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post #22 of 25
8/19/12 at 4:40am
Wow I would have never known about the floral wire being "toxic"! I'm new at using floral wire on cakes and had heard you should not put it right into cake but not the why. Thanks for the info! I'm making my first cake using floral wire today and will be going out and getting some coffee stirrers.
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post #23 of 25
8/19/12 at 6:48am
Plus there is always the risk of a wire snapping when being pulled from a cake - thats why over here we all use cake pics.
Imagine biting into one of those - icon_cry.gificon_confused.gif



Wellllllll everyone should...


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post #24 of 25
8/19/12 at 11:29am
I'm not sure anyone should take the practices seen on competition cake shows as real world practices. First and foremost, those cakes are made for entertainment, for drama and for tv ratings. I've been told by chefs that have competed in some of those challenges that it's more about doing whatever they can to present a huge, dramatic finished product and food safety is not a high priority.
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post #25 of 25
8/19/12 at 2:51pm
Ive always used straws. I just cut them a little shorter than the tier and stick them into the cake. Sometimes if the decoration at the end of the wire is really heavy and the wires start to swing around and move a lot Ill pull the straws out, squeeze the cake out and then reinsert in the cake. Then I fill the straws a bit with royal icing, put in the wires and let it sit until the icing has hardened. That usually keeps the wires from moving around.

I try not to use wire at all if I can avoid it. I always use beading wire from the local hobby store. I have no idea if its food safe but I have to assume its not.
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