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From: Sarah Phillips
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(NOTE: Lily of the Valley and others are toxic. List of Safe and Edible Flowers: http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blflowers.htm
Ask your florist for safe flowers that haven't been sprayed with pesticides (or gather some from your yard that are organic). When using fresh flowers, freeze them in plastic bags before placing them on the cake. Decorate right before serving.
If placing the flowers on top of the cake, to keep them fresh, cut a 3" piece from a drinking straw. Bend one end up and tape it. Then fill the straw 3/4 full with water and stick the flower stem in (or the florist will have something similar). Arrange the flowers on the cake. The flowers will stay fresh and won’t wilt by the time you serve the cake.