How Do I Inserts Silk Flowers Into Cake?
Decorating By sheilabelle Updated 18 Feb 2010 , 3:41pm by Mug-a-Bug
When using silk flowers do I need to wrap the plastic stem in something? If yes, what? They also want curly willow on the cake (looks like a spiral branch). How would I insert this? They saw a cake on cake boss that had the curly willow. I think it was artificial.
Not all plastic is food grade. 
And plastic not manufactured for food (and artificial flowers certainly fall in this category) should not be assumed to be food grade or food safe.
Here's another thread on using any plastic container for food storage:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-667233-plastic.html
BPA in plastics:
http://www.webmd.com/health-ehome-9/plastics-food-safety
This thread on inserting wires into cakes will be helpful:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-632290.html
HTH
I always use straws for any flower, real or silk. I pinch the ends together with pliers and melt it a little with a lighter so the straw doesn't fill up with cake. Home-made flower spikes! I use drinking straws for smaller flowers and the bubble tea straws for bigger stems. HTH 
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