Will putting fresh roses on top of a cake make the cake non edible?

I was at a wedding where fresh roses were placed on top of the icing. Someone said the roses would poison the icing.

Will putting fresh roses on top of a cake make the cake non edible?
Nope. I am a floral designer and I used fresh flowers on most cakes, and actually most rose petals are edible.
Reply:There are many edible flowers that can be used for wedding cakes. Roses are not going to poison you. Just be sure they are organic roses and not roses that have been sprayed with any chemicals.
Reply:It's ok to put flowers on top of the cake (I had them on my wedding cake)...just make sure you wash them before hand so that if any pesticides or other toxins were used to grow them will not seep through to the cake. Also...so that the taste of flowers reach the cake, don't leave them there for more than a day as flowers will start rotting as soon as they are cut. It's ok for a few hours...even up to a day. Afterwards...not a good idea!
Reply:No. Roses (at least the petals) are edible. They aren't poisonous at any rate. I had them on my first wedding cake and lived to get divorced.
Reply:Why not try it and see, moron?
Reply:Yes you can rose petals are edible, as are many flowers ~ Enjoy! sounds like a beautiful cake
Reply:They were wrong.


It was just fine to eat the cake and the icing..
Reply:The flowers shouldn't poison the icing. It is a matter of preference. It doesn't bother me, but my mother hates it because she thinks it is unsanitary.
Reply:Try it and see. But I doubt if a caterer would have served something they KNEW would make everyone sick. Moron.
Reply:you can put a circle of glad wrap below the rose. But roses will not poison anything unless they have insecticide on them or have bugs on them. Have you heard of people eating rose hips. Or rose hip tea that is the bottom part of the rose.