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hi everyone.  Hopefully someone can advise me here.  I'd like to try putting a fondant star onto wire and place on a cake for christmas.  But when reading about this in a book i have it says you've not to put the wire straight into the cake, you've to put something on the bottom of the wire, so you can still eat the cake.  Is this correct? And what is it you put on the base of the wire? I know you can't eat the star on the wire, seeing as you've pushed it onto the wire.  So can someone give me advice here.  Thanx in advance x

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Thanx for these ideas. I like the idea of placing a straw in the cake but will look in2 the holders 2. X

Straws do work well - I prefer the coffee stirrers because they leave a smaller hole, not much bigger than some wires, plus you can put 2 or 3 wires in 1.

When your talking of coffee stirrers, do you mean the little wooden sticks & if so how does that work

No, the little red or black coffee stirrer straws!  They also have white drink stirrer straws at some places.  They are like small straws!

amanda marshall said:

When your talking of coffee stirrers, do you mean the little wooden sticks & if so how does that work

When I do the decorations with uncooked spaghetti, it is when I am doing a completely edible cake.  So I do not have to worry if someone wants to eat the flower, as the spaghetti won't hurt them!

i was just thinking that coffee stirrers would be just right! another thing to add to my "to get" list!  ;)

Nope; Sandie is right the little black ones that are like straws.  I bought a case for like 6.00 at Sam's Club and there is about 10,000 in the case. 

amanda marshall said:

When your talking of coffee stirrers, do you mean the little wooden sticks & if so how does that work

anytime I have to insert wires into a cake I use the coffee stirrers (thin plastic straws) or a regular straw which I add either royal icing or  a piece of fondant into to keep it in place.   Also a heads up that Wilton is the only company that makes FDA approved floral tape, and even that should not be inserted into a cake that is to be eaten.  There are floral holders avail that can be inserted into cakes that can be used for real, artificial or gumpaste flowers but I think the straw idea may be more suitable for what you have in mind.

I dip my wire into melted chocolate the color of the cake and put that straight into the cake. 

Hi Amanda, i wonder if this would help-i have attached a cake photo which i made sometime ago

its relevant to your interest. when i do cakes of this type i usually (a tiny piece is all you need) add a piece of dry flower foam and cover it well with a piece of fondant.

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You might etry using a straw. If you are using a large bouquet of flowers with wire you might try using a bubble tee straw. you can also try using melted white chocolate. All three work well.

 

Hope this was helpful.

You can use the flower spikes, you push them into the cake and then put the wire in the spike. You could also wrap the wire with plastic wrap and then push it into the cake. Hope this helps.

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