Did you know? Nothing makes more crazy than seeing a beautiful wedding cake decorated with toxic flowers. Just because you see it in a magazine or on TV does not mean that it is safe. Research your flowers before using them anywhere near food of any kind. Use only flowers that are non toxic, washed, grown for consumption or taped and wired for insertion. First, and probably most importantly is that a lot of the most popular wedding flowers are toxic. They contain poisons that can seep from the flowers and into the cake. Symptoms of ingesting poisonous flowers are not pleasant. They include pain in the mouth, upset stomach, diarrhea, vomiting, and possibly even a trip to the Emergency Room. It can turn out to be bad news for a cake decorator if someone gets sick from the cake. Here is a list of some popular wedding flowers that are considered toxic. For a more complete list of poisonous flowers, you can find it on Wikipedia. •Anemone •Calla Lily •Clematis •Daffodils •Delphinium •Frangipani •Gloriosa lily •Hydrangea •Iris •Ivy •Ranunculus •Poppy •Sweet pea •Wisteria Second, flowers are not grown with the intet of being edible or placed on edible things. Therefore, growers are allowed to spray very strong pesticides on their flowers. So even if a specific flower is not toxic, it still runs the risk of making people sick due to pesticides. There is of course an exception for organically grown flowers, but they are probably going to be hard to find, will be limited to non-toxic flowers, and will most likely be in the same price range as sugar flowers anyway. cakefu/toxic-flowers-why-fresh-flowers-do-not-belong-on-cakes/
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:42:08 +0000
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