Comments on: How To Make Fresh Flowers Safe For Cakes

By: Whitney

Whitney — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:57:01 +0000

In reply to Jenny Walker. Thanks, Jenny! It's been awhile since I updated this post so I'll definitely look into that!

By: Jenny Walker

Jenny Walker — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:06:00 +0000

Thank you for your informative blog but I am sorry I must disagree with you on the use of tape to be inserted into the cake. Florist tape, which is used by most cake decorators, contains a glue. This is what makes it sticky. Glue is not food safe so should not be inserted into a cake. The only real safe option is a plastic flower pic or spike.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:03:21 +0000

The flowers are edible and always safe. They are just like any other food product in your kitchen. However, if you want to keep them fresh for a few days or weeks, freeze them. Take a few of your favorite flowers, wash them, and place them in a ziplock bag. Get a plastic container if you don’t have zip-lock bags. Use a straw to suck out the air from the bag and then seal it. Please keep them in the freezer and take them out before you want to use them.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:47:11 +0000

In reply to Martha Veenendaal. That's amazing! Thanks for the tip!

By: Martha Veenendaal

Martha Veenendaal — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:58:26 +0000

In reply to leah. I have found that dipping my flower stems in Quick Dip or any other florist dip and then wrapping in plastic and covering with florist tape really helps to prolong the life of the flowers!

By: Whitney

Whitney — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:22:11 +0000

In reply to Connie McCrery. Hi Connie! Most varieties of orchid flowers are fully edible, so depending on the variety you should be totally okay. I'd just do a little google research to confirm or you can get freeze dried edible orchids on Etsy/Amazon as well.

By: Connie McCrery

Connie McCrery — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:12:26 +0000

Hi I am having an Hawaiian themed birthday party for my husband and want to decorate his mango cake with orchids. Is that ok?

By: Whitney

Whitney — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 02:37:12 +0000

In reply to Nathalie W. Hi Nathalie! Since pesticides are considered toxic, making sure you use pesticide-free flowers is just an extra measure to prevent anything toxic from contaminating the cake portions that the flowers may touch. It's a really small chance that the pesticides will contaminate the cake (especially if they're not edible flowers), but still worth mentioning. Hope that helps!

By: Nathalie W

Nathalie W — Wed, 25 May 2022 09:01:52 +0000

Hi Whitney,
If the safe flowers are properly wrapped with flower tape etc, what is the harm with pesticides? Or is that harm particular to edible flowers only that will be ingested?
Thank you so much for all your info!

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sun, 15 May 2022 02:23:05 +0000

In reply to Allison.

Hi Allison! That sounds like a good plan, but I’m not sure about hot gluing the flowers just because I’m not sure if that will make them wilt faster or not. Instead, I would figure out how to insert the stems into some little vessels like this: https://amzn.to/3NiLWxQ and then glue those vessels to the cardboard. This way the flowers will stay fresh and easy to arrange. Hope that helps!