FYI - I am destroying this cake ON PURPOSE. It is my content cake. The rainbow design at the start is the finished product from another video. This video is of me removing the decor, so I can decorate it again. It’s not supposed to look nice at the end. Here’s a vid of me explaining the details of a “content cake”: ua-cam.com/video/KwGF6dliaH4/v-deo.html
I thought it was a pretty cake at the end. Add some daisy and marigold petals instead. Or there are these really tiny flowers I used to eat, they are not babies breath but they are tiny and delicate and a tiny bit sweet.
Thank god someone said it!!!!! I work as a florist and I can't tell you how many people come in and say "do you sell babies breath, I wanted to use it for my baby shower cake /weddings cakes. I just look at them and say um that's is poisonous for people and pets along with many other flowers. Also babies breath is also known as Gypsophilia.
All bakers, especially ones who want to use flowers, SHOULD be educated on which are edible and which are not. There are plenty of edible flowers. Always research (from multiple sources!) which ones can be used for food. They should be free from herbicides and pesticides! If in doubt, don't use the real flower!
‘s why I live for cherry blossom cakes ;-; the fact that my ppl have so much cherry blossoms at the east, but lil ol me here in uk the west has not tasted or tried a single 1 yet!! 😩😭
@@MuneCharbon SAAAME I would love to try something legit sakura flavored! It's almost impossible to find any kind of sakura baking ingredients where I live. Typically its a cherry vanilla flavor labeled as "sakura" lol one day I hope to taste a sakura cake...
Err no people should be educated not to eat flowers just because they’re on cakes. I have never eaten flowers unless told I can do. If the person having the cake isn’t sensible enough to discuss this when they are getting the cake then that’s their fault.
@@sodorflubbs5000 I don't think people are eating the actual flower. And even if they were, it's still the bakers fault because you should be educated on what flowers are non toxic. It should be a no brainer that you're in the wrong if you put a toxic flower on a cake.
If you live in North America, they are also an invasive species, so not good for the other plants or animals in the area they are planted. but they are my favorite flower too, so I would just get some (not a lot) for a vase inside the house. or get a bunch of fake plastic baby’s breath- those are still pretty lol
Copied, also they are very invasive in places suck as North Carolina, etc. If you’re going to grow them please make sure that you try not to grow a big area of them
I was too bussy crying over the gay cake being ruined to even hear when she explained "baby breath is a flower" Edit: how tf did all this people get mad for a joke about a "gay cake"? 😭 I know cakes don't have sexuality, it was a joke LMFAOAO why are y'all so pressed about me saying "I cried over a gay cake"?? P.S: if it wasn't quite obvious, yes it was a joke and I didn't actually cry 🫢
THANK YOU! Back when I was a professional cake decorator, the bakery I worked at lost a few potential clients because they wanted baby’s breath on their wedding cakes and we wouldn’t do it because it was toxic. For some reason it was the hill they wanted to die on. So we ended up saying that we couldn’t do their cakes because: A. We would hate for people to get sick on what’s supposed to be a happy day. B. If someone had a reaction, people wouldn’t blame the bride and groom. They would blame the bakery. (Which is understandable.) And then there could potentially be hundreds of people telling their friends and family that we were the bakery that got them sick and that they shouldn’t even consider us for their own events.
@@gummy5862 fake flowers on cakes of any kind should a first option for cake decorating. Fake babies breathe would be a good why to educate people on toxic plants and the alternatives that can be used for decorations of any kind.
Good on y’all for standing your ground! You can bet if y’all did give in to their request and someone did get sick, they wouldn’t think twice to blame the bakery!
And they wouldn’t get fake flowers to decorate it? Like either sculpted (lots of work) or good silk replicas? They HAD to be real toxic plants? Also thanks for not poisoning people that’s always a goal to strive for lol
I've left the same comment on so many things that have toxic flowers used, and their fan base just comes after me for 'attacking' them. Like no, I'm being respectful, I just don't want them to accidentally poison someone.
I agree but at the same time if someone is ordering a cake form their baker or someone makes a cake for them woudlnt they know if and what flowers and things are on there
I work in the floral business as a merchandiser and I’ve always wondered why there are specific labels on babies breath saying “do not eat” Tbh I just thought people were straight up eating them😂😂
Thank you for saying this. I'm a nurse and I feel like people, especially in the food industry, should know what is and isn't safe in food! Cake toppers shouldn't send people to the hospital
That’s why as a baker I always ended up just using faux flowers, wayyyyy easier to find and way less anxiety lol. A little longer to really cut and tape them, but very beautiful overall.
@@ryuuthefrog3775 no I always just use fake flowers from the craft store. If you ever wanna look into edible flowers it’ll be with royal icing, buttercream, fondant or even edible flowers. Lots of options
@@alexshaw8167 Depends on the type of flower. Not always. And also, I'd rather have a fake flower that I can tell is fake, instead of something toxic that'll put me in hospital.
I once ate some baby’s breath (don’t ask why. I did not have access to google) I was fine, but I later found out that it’s poisonous and am now forever tainted by the knowledge that it’s Really Tasty but I Cannot Eat It
I have helped with a lot of friends weddings and am the maid of honour for my cousins wedding later this year where I am doing almost all of the decorations. Thank you for letting me know about babies breath. I was originally going to be using it in all the floral arrangements including the one we were going to to using as a cake topper. I will be letting my cousin know that we need to change that flower or use fake silk ones.
Its very bothersome, especially when you can get fake flowers which would prolly do less damage all things considered lol. (Either way, unless if obviously frosting or fondant, don't consume it!)
I’ve argued this elsewhere where people are defending baby’s breath decor on cakes in this thread, but this is an issue of CONSENT. Deciding there’s not a risk for your elderly or child guests, your immunocompromised or chronic illness guests, your disabled guest of all kinds, the people with food sensitivities like neurodivergent people whose symptoms get worse when they eat the wrong thing - YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO DECIDE FOR THEM and BY DOING SO, YOU ARE VIOLATING THEIR CONSENT! I, for one, had an anaphylactic reaction that was later tested and confirmed by my allergist/immunologist from a cake that had the baby’s breath removed before serving. It was, of course, terrible, and thankfully it was from someone who didn’t know and who wouldn’t risk someone’s illness by doing so because they defend the practice and violate consent. It’s important to note that it’s very much like the kind of consent violation that comes with SA where someone removes a condom or doesn’t disclose their HIV or other STI status, and is like SA in general in that something is being put in your body without you accepting the full risks knowingly. There are people here defending giving people contact dermatitis because “it’s just uncomfortable,” but that fails to consider the other things that people live with. My brother has a rather healthy body except for living with a chronic skin condition that can be controlled and managed, but if an irritant does get to him, it sets him off on an immunocompromised spike where he often has to go a year or more to get it under control. I have conditions that put me at high risk of anaphylaxis in the presence of irritants, and no, I’m not as uncommon as you think. In my city alone, there was a 3 year waiting list for the clinic that diagnosed me - it suggests that there’s a population around that has these health problems that deserves to screen basic irritants out of our diet, AT LEAST. It’s not picky or “only special cases,” and as someone on the autism spectrum who worked in the industry of developmental disability care, this is just ONE MORE way of estranging the families of these people and the developmentally disabled people themselves, because you’re putting them at risk of behavioral problems and major health risks. I also worked in gerontology, and let me tell you, elderly people are exceedingly sensitive. If you feed your great grandma (the kind of relatives likely to be at weddings) a cake with minor toxins in it, she will have inflammatory health risks at home or in her nursing home, likely for month afterward. YOU are not qualified as a baker, an observer of this conversation, or even with some medical knowledge, to say that it’s a negligible risk and morally fine to feed people baby’s breath. It’s worse than you think because you don’t have a full perspective on the reality and commonality of disability, and you have so alienated and othered us that you don’t consider that some people aren’t healthy and can’t just bounce back from problems like you can. I don’t know why we deserve to be treated like this over FLOWERS, because decor shouldn’t be more important than family and people in your community (or people at all). The fact that it’s still a violation of consent, even for healthy people, should also be considered, and that you think you can decide for other people is troubling. People advocating for “just don’t eat it” or “it’s not a big deal” are more than not understanding the risks- they don’t understand relationships and boundaries. People deserve to consent to what they put in their bodies, and people deserve to consent to the health risks they take, regardless of health status. Simply put, DO NOT USE BABY’S BREATH ON CAKES! Is it really worth compromising your morality and violating the well being and choices of the more vulnerable people in your life? You can do it if you want to, but do be prepared for social, emotional, and legal consequences if you do. It’s wrong.
I should mention that I’m obviously disabled and had this reaction because of tangential conditions that put me at risk but didn’t directly relate to baby’s breath in any way, but I’m also a medically retired nurse and someone who’s had an ongoing practice of disability activism that includes learning about the medical realities of all kinds of conditions from all kinds of specialties outside that which I experience in my own body and that which is and was my area of medical expertise. I spend a lot of time getting to know and helping people on diagnostic and healing processes as well as researching and reading about their conditions and the leading edge of medicine for people like me. The reality is that there’s often little in the way of medical intervention, and that the best treatments are alterations of lifestyle that include many things, but specifically: heavy and careful screening of food. If you know anyone with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, Lyme disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, MS, and a host of all the other disease that often fall into rheumatologic or neurologic care, those are the people you’re putting at risk. If your immediate reaction is to say, “that’s rare!” Well, technically, you’re kind of right (they’re all more common than you think and diagnosis is finally starting to catch up to how many people actually suffer), but you’re wrong in that adding up all the populations of all the different “rare” diseases with similar symptom profiles, treatment challenges, and lifestyle needs, you have just as large a group as people affected by heart disease or high cholesterol. For whatever reason, you can complain that small groups of people who suffer are not worthy of your *tiny* efforts to alleviate their suffering, and even though you’re wrong for that - you’re wrong about it being a small group, too. There are more people that you see everyday that have to make significant lifestyle changes than you can possibly imagine. You probably have a hard time reckoning with that because most people who argue against helping others do… but you’re still wrong. It’s not that hard to just not use baby’s breath, it’s literally such a minuscule, tiny effort to just not add to the daily harm of disabled people (at minimum 20% of the US population, more now with long COVID), you’d think you could do at LEAST this, but hey, you can decide to be selfish. You’ll just have to deal with the social, emotional, legal, even physical consequences.
This is a great reminder to also watch out for which plants your furry friends might have access to! I learned the hard way that some plants and flowers we grew in our yard were extremely toxic to our doggies! Specifically our azalea bush... When we water it, some of the water pools underneath the pot and I guess our doggie drank some of that water (at least that's the easier scenario to envision instead of him eating the plant itself). He was heaving and throwing up white foam all night long!! I felt sooo bad, he was such a sad boy 😢 Thankfully we were able to nurse him back to health 🙏 but it was a good lesson to educate yourself for the sake of ur dogs & cats, about the safety of your garden plants and flowers!
As somebody very family with plants this is very true. There are edible flowers such as roses, hibiscus, honeysuckle, etc. baby breath on the other hand is slightly toxic, won’t kill you. But may cause diarrhea vomiting🤷♀️
Been a baker for years and never knew this! Thank you! Luckily for me I have never had anyone want it on their cake, but now I'm aware in case it comes up in the future. I usually stick to flowers I know are safe like roses, pansy, snap dragon etc. But honestly, I'm not sure I would have ever suspected Baby's Breath, so again thank you.
Yea same I was thinking yea kids breathing all over cakes blowing candles germs ect 😂 the bad part is … I used to be a florist but my brain still didn’t click it was the flower
Thank you for sharing this information, I had no clue this flower was toxic. I haven’t seen Baby’s Breath on a cake yet, but now I know that I should decline a slice if I see it.
I wanted baby’s breath on my cake and my florist didn’t say anything when I order the flowers to be delivered to my baker. When they arrived my baker called me to tell me about this. Thankfully I was able to use them else where… but I was very grateful.
@@DerangedDoodler I mean florists don't really sell any edible flowers thats something you have to ask about. Like pesticides that are used on the flower, fertilizers etc. But they probably wouldn't know about the toxicity of a plant unless it can harm them during normal work. So like if something causes rashes or photosensitivity on your skin.
Recycling the cake so they don't have to make 2000 cakes and can just have one they can use a few times and not waste that much product. Gotta gree the frosting turned ugly lol but they'll turn it into something else nice
Its not entierly right, its only toxic in large quanteties. Dont stick them directly in the cake and tell ppl to dont eat the buttercreme layer where it touches any flower and you are good to go. If u google it you can read that small amount are not dangerous at all
@@rabeaw6646 Small quantities are not dangerous _for most people_ . People who are vulnerable - children, the sick, the elderly, immunocompromised people, etc - will be much worse off. In the end, why even take the risk? Stick with fake flowers if you really want a known toxic flower on your cake.
I just googled it and it says that it's only ,,poisonous" when big amounts of it are eaten, which noone does. So I'm confused rn...maybe it was lost in translation when I searched it, or there is a different kind of this plant who look almost the same? If someone could educate me that would be very helpful.
Which site did you use? All of my sources say it can cause skin irritation, rashes, and upset stomachs. But hey, when in doubt, I’d rather play it safe anyways.
@@StillBusyBaking I used the first sides that popped up when I googled it. Both english and german sides mentioned that it's poisenous for humans when eaten in big amounts tho. Which is why I figured that it's ok to decorate cakes with it since it's only poisenous when eaten in great amounts and last time I decorated a cake with it nothing happened. But I guess you are right, better be careful.
Because amounts can vary from person to person, it’s just generally safe not to use. Numerous other edible flowers that pose no risk from any part of plant when eaten
This reminds me of one time I was talking to my mother's friend who was blind about garnishes and apparently it's a law (maybe just in my state idk) that everything on a plate at a restaurant HAS to be edible. Partially so a blind person couldn't accidentally think some poison garnish was spinach or something
This is pretty common but not universal and it’s in place for many people - people with complex disabilities related to autoimmunity, allergies, immunosuppression or more, children and the elderly, who both have less effective or complete immune systems, people like you mention - blind or deaf people who can’t read or hear announcements about it, and to the benefit of everyone because people are known for not paying attention to such warnings or intentionally doing stupid stuff all the time.
@@saritavenkatapathynaidu9533 thank you that's a good point ☺️ Isn't it funny how when we make things more safe/accessible for people with disabilities it can innovate things to make them better for everyone
Oh wow this is much needed. Somehow, baby's breath never comes up on lists of toxic flowers, at least not the ones I've seen. And because people use it all the time, you think it's definitely fine, if everyone's using it. I've never seen anyone mention this. Thank you!
Oh wow. I see some cakes use those flowers. I even thought it look nice and all, never knowing it was actually toxic! Thanks for the info, I'll be keeping that in mind......for later purposes.
My bakery delivery person saw my aunt about to put real flowers on my cake and told her to stop before she made us all sick. I hope this message keeps spreading.
Just made a wedding cake with a bunch of flowers from the couple’s garden and did check which ones would be edible before picking them! Can’t believe people wouldn’t check. To get a similar cute small bunches of flowers effect I used forget-me-nots
Wow I do catering for a living and I always end up cutting the wedding cakes and I can't tell you how many times I've seen baby's breath in these cakes I had no idea. Thanks for this video cuz if I see a baker put baby's breath in their cake I'm going to call them on it
He’s a good tip. Try avoiding using actual flowers on cakes, use fake ones. Even experts can have difficulty telling certain flowers apart sometimes. Not to mention sanitary problems that the flowers may cause
This is 100% facts!!! I will nicely comments as well, always super nice. At this point I'm just going to start reporting them to their local health department, cause I'm over seeing it.
Thank you for this tip of advice! I'm new at making cakes and I never would have known about that. I'll definitely not be using that flower for my cakes. Thanks!!! 🙌🥰🎉
Thank you!! As a florist for over 20 years I would constantly get asked to put the flowers on the cake. This is one thing I would cover with them. I would only use organic flowers as well, as any flower grown with pesticides will leach them into the cake as well.
It's actually fine to use on cakes as decorations, as long as they're removed for consumption. As long as I've been a baker I've never seen someone eat baby's breath though
@@jellyg8836 Sure thing, I've been doing this a long time. You don't have to sacrifice your aesthetic vision just because people are ravenous and indiscriminate 😭 just need a little more prep
Maybe they were doing it safely…and didn’t want to scare anyone? You can still use baby breaths on food items…as long as it done properly… like just as decor and not touching the food.. My cousin uses it for decor, but sprays it with a glaze for an extra barrier…
There are things you can do to minimize risk, but the only way to eliminate it is to not use them at all. In my opinion, it’s not worth the risk just for the aesthetic. If you still want to use them, you should absolutely be disclosing that they are toxic.
@@sodorflubbs5000 people will still eat them. People don’t listen 100% of the time. Plus, even if they do remove them, they could accidentally come into contact with the cake. I’d much rather be safe. It’s just not worth the risk.
Also, I had an anaphylactic reaction from a “safe” baby’s breath cake that had the decor removed. You don’t have the right to remove consent from people with disabilities, sensitivities due to things like chronic illness or neurodivergence, parents of children, immunocompromised people, or the elderly. Why do you think YOU know better for EVERYONE, and that no one needs to consent to the risks of what you find is “safe enough” for them to consume?? That no one else is framing this as an issue of consent is super disturbing to me, because defenders of baby’s breath on cake are all admitting it is risky but deciding for OTHER PEOPLE that the risk is minimal enough that it’s negligible. That’s SUCH A HUGE ISSUE OF CONSENT! If you willingly, openly, and thoroughly inform people of the possible risk without minimizing or lying about its potential effects, how many people would consent to eat it? Fewer than you expected. People deserve to decide for themselves what the risks of consuming items are and whether it’s worth it. How is this issue all that different from SA? Your body is affected, something is inside or on your body parts, it can cause illness and be upsetting, and the host decided for you that you consent to it! It’s not dissimilar and just because something is “no big deal” to you doesn’t mean that everyone has to accept that! How are people not seeing this??? Consent isn’t just for sex, it’s for everything, and violating it because you’re not worried isn’t okay!
Damn I'm glad my mom isn't just a good baker, but is the person that knows the book of plants inside and out Bet that's why she named me Flora, that plant nerd lol🌻🌼🌺
The plastic baby's breath flowers look pretty real for not a lot of money. I wanted it in my hair (and honestly couldn't afford real ones at the time) so we bought some from Joanne's and cut them up to put in my hair.
My mom was a florist so I knew this, but I was definitely surprised to see how many people don't know which flowers are edible and which aren't. Honestly, I really benefited from growing up in a florist shop.
When my aunt cassy was born My grandfather was sitting in the hospital room all by herself and there was a vase full of baby's breath and he started shaking and she felt a presence of her mother (who was dead at that point) and she didn't turn around. She didn't say anything. She just enjoyed the sheer beauty of that moment. So yeah
for the ppl who delete her comments and use the flowers anyways: Baby's breath (Gypsophila elegans) contains saponins that when ingested by animals may cause minor gastrointestinal upset. In the case of humans, the sap from baby's breath can cause contact dermatitis, so yes, baby's breath may be irritating to the skin and result in itching and/or a rash.
Thank god someone said it!!!!! I work as a florist and I can't tell you how many people come in and say "do you sell babies breath, I wanted to use it for my baby shower cake /weddings cakes. I just look at them and say um that's is poisonous for people and pets along with many other flowers. Also babies breath is also known as Gypsophilia. Rember most flowers are NOT EDIBLE!
FYI - I am destroying this cake ON PURPOSE. It is my content cake. The rainbow design at the start is the finished product from another video. This video is of me removing the decor, so I can decorate it again. It’s not supposed to look nice at the end.
Here’s a vid of me explaining the details of a “content cake”:
ua-cam.com/video/KwGF6dliaH4/v-deo.html
I don't know which flower
I actually kinda like it tho
@@Ididurmom422 ~ Same! Like a dark marbling.
I thought it was a pretty cake at the end. Add some daisy and marigold petals instead. Or there are these really tiny flowers I used to eat, they are not babies breath but they are tiny and delicate and a tiny bit sweet.
Thank god someone said it!!!!! I work as a florist and I can't tell you how many people come in and say "do you sell babies breath, I wanted to use it for my baby shower cake /weddings cakes. I just look at them and say um that's is poisonous for people and pets along with many other flowers. Also babies breath is also known as Gypsophilia.
All bakers, especially ones who want to use flowers, SHOULD be educated on which are edible and which are not. There are plenty of edible flowers. Always research (from multiple sources!) which ones can be used for food. They should be free from herbicides and pesticides! If in doubt, don't use the real flower!
‘s why I live for cherry blossom cakes ;-; the fact that my ppl have so much cherry blossoms at the east, but lil ol me here in uk the west has not tasted or tried a single 1 yet!! 😩😭
@@MuneCharbon SAAAME I would love to try something legit sakura flavored! It's almost impossible to find any kind of sakura baking ingredients where I live. Typically its a cherry vanilla flavor labeled as "sakura" lol one day I hope to taste a sakura cake...
Err no people should be educated not to eat flowers just because they’re on cakes. I have never eaten flowers unless told I can do. If the person having the cake isn’t sensible enough to discuss this when they are getting the cake then that’s their fault.
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@@sodorflubbs5000 I don't think people are eating the actual flower. And even if they were, it's still the bakers fault because you should be educated on what flowers are non toxic. It should be a no brainer that you're in the wrong if you put a toxic flower on a cake.
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Seems I made the alphabet mafia kids mad 😭
@@Royalty_girlie you seem like you're the kind of person to play any game as the default character
Baby: *breathes on cake
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That's what I thought
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(I didn't know babys breath was toxic they're my favorite flowers, ill keep that in mind when i try to grow them)
If you live in North America, they are also an invasive species, so not good for the other plants or animals in the area they are planted. but they are my favorite flower too, so I would just get some (not a lot) for a vase inside the house. or get a bunch of fake plastic baby’s breath- those are still pretty lol
As soon as I saw the cake I thought of the ending of pride month
Copied, also they are very invasive in places suck as North Carolina, etc. If you’re going to grow them please make sure that you try not to grow a big area of them
@@madelyndale lmao 💀 it's not copied, this is qn extremely common joke
i looked for this comment
Me reading the title and thinking how can a baby breath in a cake? Lol
Lmao. Up until I read your comment, I was lost
I was too bussy crying over the gay cake being ruined to even hear when she explained "baby breath is a flower"
Edit: how tf did all this people get mad for a joke about a "gay cake"? 😭 I know cakes don't have sexuality, it was a joke LMFAOAO why are y'all so pressed about me saying "I cried over a gay cake"??
P.S: if it wasn't quite obvious, yes it was a joke and I didn't actually cry 🫢
@@avaf02 friendly reminder that not every rainbow is an lgbt flag
@@BloxySnow "gay cake"lmfao💀
@@smuglumine9379 bro said that a cake has sexuality
THANK YOU!
Back when I was a professional cake decorator, the bakery I worked at lost a few potential clients because they wanted baby’s breath on their wedding cakes and we wouldn’t do it because it was toxic. For some reason it was the hill they wanted to die on.
So we ended up saying that we couldn’t do their cakes because:
A. We would hate for people to get sick on what’s supposed to be a happy day.
B. If someone had a reaction, people wouldn’t blame the bride and groom. They would blame the bakery. (Which is understandable.) And then there could potentially be hundreds of people telling their friends and family that we were the bakery that got them sick and that they shouldn’t even consider us for their own events.
I mean what about fake baby’s breath flowers?
@@gummy5862 fake flowers on cakes of any kind should a first option for cake decorating. Fake babies breathe would be a good why to educate people on toxic plants and the alternatives that can be used for decorations of any kind.
Good on y’all for standing your ground! You can bet if y’all did give in to their request and someone did get sick, they wouldn’t think twice to blame the bakery!
It was the hill they literally wanted to die on lol.🎂
And they wouldn’t get fake flowers to decorate it? Like either sculpted (lots of work) or good silk replicas? They HAD to be real toxic plants? Also thanks for not poisoning people that’s always a goal to strive for lol
OMG I DID NOT KNOW BABYS BREATH IS TOXIC! I work with wedding cakes all the time… thank you so much for posting this
it was so hard to watch them destroy the icing
I agree! 😭
Fr. The whole time I was like: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”
It was very hard to watch.
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I was looking for this comment! I'm like, "NOOOOOOOOO! STOP! WHY???"
I've left the same comment on so many things that have toxic flowers used, and their fan base just comes after me for 'attacking' them. Like no, I'm being respectful, I just don't want them to accidentally poison someone.
I agree but at the same time if someone is ordering a cake form their baker or someone makes a cake for them woudlnt they know if and what flowers and things are on there
Lily of the valley is very toxic and should not be near food.
@@Havis_Princess sometimes some baker's will add things into the food and not tell the person or people who are requesting the food
@@frenchfry493 in that case its messed up. But with flowers woudlnt they know what flowers they asked for (unless they were unknowingly substituted)
They will never agree until God forbid they experience it for themselves and even then they may not admit that they were warned 🤦🏾
I work in the floral business as a merchandiser and I’ve always wondered why there are specific labels on babies breath saying “do not eat” Tbh I just thought people were straight up eating them😂😂
My friend said she used to just eat roses off her bushes, I know roses are edible but I've never had the desire so it's kinda funny to me lol
Thank you for saying this. I'm a nurse and I feel like people, especially in the food industry, should know what is and isn't safe in food! Cake toppers shouldn't send people to the hospital
That’s why as a baker I always ended up just using faux flowers, wayyyyy easier to find and way less anxiety lol. A little longer to really cut and tape them, but very beautiful overall.
Are they edible? I want to make fake flowers for the cakes I decorate but I really don't want to use icing.
@@ryuuthefrog3775 no I always just use fake flowers from the craft store. If you ever wanna look into edible flowers it’ll be with royal icing, buttercream, fondant or even edible flowers. Lots of options
Fake flowers are clearly distinguishable from real flowers
@@alexshaw8167 and real baby’s breath will clearly be distinguished when your client inevitably ends up in the hospital.
@@alexshaw8167 Depends on the type of flower. Not always. And also, I'd rather have a fake flower that I can tell is fake, instead of something toxic that'll put me in hospital.
I once ate some baby’s breath (don’t ask why. I did not have access to google) I was fine, but I later found out that it’s poisonous and am now forever tainted by the knowledge that it’s Really Tasty but I Cannot Eat It
Lol I just posted about eating these as a kid and I'm glad I found you. I don't feel so alone. 😆
It was different then
WAIT IT WAS TASTY??
There's an edible variety and a toxic when eaten type.
@@hellotmw7086 you misunderstand me, I was fully in high school at that time
The forbidden herb
DUUDEE I RARELY SEE PEOPLE ADDRESSING THIS SO THANK YOUUU
I have helped with a lot of friends weddings and am the maid of honour for my cousins wedding later this year where I am doing almost all of the decorations. Thank you for letting me know about babies breath. I was originally going to be using it in all the floral arrangements including the one we were going to to using as a cake topper. I will be letting my cousin know that we need to change that flower or use fake silk ones.
Glad I could help!
Its very bothersome, especially when you can get fake flowers which would prolly do less damage all things considered lol. (Either way, unless if obviously frosting or fondant, don't consume it!)
Or actual edible flowers
@@lilysnape6520 my thoughts exactly, there's plenty of ways to make beautiful, realistic looking, candy or icing flowers!
Or make flowers out of icing/chocolate or something
I’ve argued this elsewhere where people are defending baby’s breath decor on cakes in this thread, but this is an issue of CONSENT.
Deciding there’s not a risk for your elderly or child guests, your immunocompromised or chronic illness guests, your disabled guest of all kinds, the people with food sensitivities like neurodivergent people whose symptoms get worse when they eat the wrong thing - YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO DECIDE FOR THEM and BY DOING SO, YOU ARE VIOLATING THEIR CONSENT!
I, for one, had an anaphylactic reaction that was later tested and confirmed by my allergist/immunologist from a cake that had the baby’s breath removed before serving. It was, of course, terrible, and thankfully it was from someone who didn’t know and who wouldn’t risk someone’s illness by doing so because they defend the practice and violate consent.
It’s important to note that it’s very much like the kind of consent violation that comes with SA where someone removes a condom or doesn’t disclose their HIV or other STI status, and is like SA in general in that something is being put in your body without you accepting the full risks knowingly.
There are people here defending giving people contact dermatitis because “it’s just uncomfortable,” but that fails to consider the other things that people live with. My brother has a rather healthy body except for living with a chronic skin condition that can be controlled and managed, but if an irritant does get to him, it sets him off on an immunocompromised spike where he often has to go a year or more to get it under control. I have conditions that put me at high risk of anaphylaxis in the presence of irritants, and no, I’m not as uncommon as you think. In my city alone, there was a 3 year waiting list for the clinic that diagnosed me - it suggests that there’s a population around that has these health problems that deserves to screen basic irritants out of our diet, AT LEAST.
It’s not picky or “only special cases,” and as someone on the autism spectrum who worked in the industry of developmental disability care, this is just ONE MORE way of estranging the families of these people and the developmentally disabled people themselves, because you’re putting them at risk of behavioral problems and major health risks.
I also worked in gerontology, and let me tell you, elderly people are exceedingly sensitive. If you feed your great grandma (the kind of relatives likely to be at weddings) a cake with minor toxins in it, she will have inflammatory health risks at home or in her nursing home, likely for month afterward.
YOU are not qualified as a baker, an observer of this conversation, or even with some medical knowledge, to say that it’s a negligible risk and morally fine to feed people baby’s breath. It’s worse than you think because you don’t have a full perspective on the reality and commonality of disability, and you have so alienated and othered us that you don’t consider that some people aren’t healthy and can’t just bounce back from problems like you can. I don’t know why we deserve to be treated like this over FLOWERS, because decor shouldn’t be more important than family and people in your community (or people at all).
The fact that it’s still a violation of consent, even for healthy people, should also be considered, and that you think you can decide for other people is troubling. People advocating for “just don’t eat it” or “it’s not a big deal” are more than not understanding the risks- they don’t understand relationships and boundaries. People deserve to consent to what they put in their bodies, and people deserve to consent to the health risks they take, regardless of health status.
Simply put, DO NOT USE BABY’S BREATH ON CAKES! Is it really worth compromising your morality and violating the well being and choices of the more vulnerable people in your life? You can do it if you want to, but do be prepared for social, emotional, and legal consequences if you do.
It’s wrong.
I should mention that I’m obviously disabled and had this reaction because of tangential conditions that put me at risk but didn’t directly relate to baby’s breath in any way, but I’m also a medically retired nurse and someone who’s had an ongoing practice of disability activism that includes learning about the medical realities of all kinds of conditions from all kinds of specialties outside that which I experience in my own body and that which is and was my area of medical expertise.
I spend a lot of time getting to know and helping people on diagnostic and healing processes as well as researching and reading about their conditions and the leading edge of medicine for people like me.
The reality is that there’s often little in the way of medical intervention, and that the best treatments are alterations of lifestyle that include many things, but specifically: heavy and careful screening of food. If you know anyone with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, Lyme disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, MS, and a host of all the other disease that often fall into rheumatologic or neurologic care, those are the people you’re putting at risk.
If your immediate reaction is to say, “that’s rare!” Well, technically, you’re kind of right (they’re all more common than you think and diagnosis is finally starting to catch up to how many people actually suffer), but you’re wrong in that adding up all the populations of all the different “rare” diseases with similar symptom profiles, treatment challenges, and lifestyle needs, you have just as large a group as people affected by heart disease or high cholesterol.
For whatever reason, you can complain that small groups of people who suffer are not worthy of your *tiny* efforts to alleviate their suffering, and even though you’re wrong for that - you’re wrong about it being a small group, too. There are more people that you see everyday that have to make significant lifestyle changes than you can possibly imagine. You probably have a hard time reckoning with that because most people who argue against helping others do… but you’re still wrong.
It’s not that hard to just not use baby’s breath, it’s literally such a minuscule, tiny effort to just not add to the daily harm of disabled people (at minimum 20% of the US population, more now with long COVID), you’d think you could do at LEAST this, but hey, you can decide to be selfish. You’ll just have to deal with the social, emotional, legal, even physical consequences.
Holy Jesus that’s a lot of writing
This means to be pinned dude
Bro made a whole essay about how you shouldn't use it and I thought I was an overtyper- but hey their right you shouldn't use it
I agree with you about everything except SA. I've been assaulted/ r*ped and emotionally abused by 3 partners. It is NOT the same thing.
Thank you for sharing this! Any baker who continues using BB while knowing it's toxic is negligent.
This is a great reminder to also watch out for which plants your furry friends might have access to! I learned the hard way that some plants and flowers we grew in our yard were extremely toxic to our doggies! Specifically our azalea bush... When we water it, some of the water pools underneath the pot and I guess our doggie drank some of that water (at least that's the easier scenario to envision instead of him eating the plant itself). He was heaving and throwing up white foam all night long!! I felt sooo bad, he was such a sad boy 😢 Thankfully we were able to nurse him back to health 🙏 but it was a good lesson to educate yourself for the sake of ur dogs & cats, about the safety of your garden plants and flowers!
I just looked up food safe flowers, and there are so many flowers that you can use on a cake! 💐🎂
“It’s wedding season!”
*ruining cake*
As somebody very family with plants this is very true. There are edible flowers such as roses, hibiscus, honeysuckle, etc. baby breath on the other hand is slightly toxic, won’t kill you. But may cause diarrhea vomiting🤷♀️
Been a baker for years and never knew this! Thank you! Luckily for me I have never had anyone want it on their cake, but now I'm aware in case it comes up in the future. I usually stick to flowers I know are safe like roses, pansy, snap dragon etc. But honestly, I'm not sure I would have ever suspected Baby's Breath, so again thank you.
Glad I wasn’t the only one who was thinking of “companies as soon as pride month is over”
Thank you for saying this!!! My graduation cake for this year was going to have babys breath on it since i saw a post on pinetrest.
I’m thinking they talking about a real babies breath! Because I was about to go off 💯😭😂😂😂
Me too Lmaoo the fact I actually went to Google it lol
Thank you for this! I'm a baker as well and I didn't know that. The more you know...
When you said babies breath I really thought you were going to talk about actual babies breath 😂
Honestly, I thought the same thing. 😅
Lol
Yea same I was thinking yea kids breathing all over cakes blowing candles germs ect 😂 the bad part is … I used to be a florist but my brain still didn’t click it was the flower
That must have been fun to mix all the colors! :D
I dont like mixing up colors that don't go well with eachother after mixed 😞
Thank you for sharing this information, I had no clue this flower was toxic. I haven’t seen Baby’s Breath on a cake yet, but now I know that I should decline a slice if I see it.
Thank you for posting and keeping the honesty alive!
I wanted baby’s breath on my cake and my florist didn’t say anything when I order the flowers to be delivered to my baker. When they arrived my baker called me to tell me about this. Thankfully I was able to use them else where… but I was very grateful.
That florist don't care as long as they paid. Possible lawsuit? They might grow it or probably do research on flowers they ship so they must know.
@@DerangedDoodler probably bc thry assumed they knew proor
@@DerangedDoodler I mean florists don't really sell any edible flowers thats something you have to ask about. Like pesticides that are used on the flower, fertilizers etc. But they probably wouldn't know about the toxicity of a plant unless it can harm them during normal work. So like if something causes rashes or photosensitivity on your skin.
It’s only if you eat it… but to each their own
The cake: You took everything from me
Thank you so much for keeping customers safe you deserve more than what you have!
Thank you so much!!! I’m planning my wedding at the moment and looking at cake designs. Thanks for the information as I’ve seen it so much! ❤️
WHO ELSE GOT INSTANT ANXIETY WHEN I SAW HER RUINING IT
Grateful for important information always but damn rip to that cake
Thank you. I didn't know this. I appreciate this. Have a blessed day. 😁
Thank you for teaching! I have two loved dogs and it is in my garden!!’
Nice info. Thank you. But whyyy did you just cover that gorgeous cake in frosting and make it purple? It was soo pretty before 😩
It’s my content cake! I’m re-setting it
Recycling the cake so they don't have to make 2000 cakes and can just have one they can use a few times and not waste that much product. Gotta gree the frosting turned ugly lol but they'll turn it into something else nice
Creative way to change a design!😃
Kinda satisfying!
Learned something today!!! THANK YOU!
God bless!
Lynne🍃💜🍃
Thank you for that public service announcement. We need more people like you who honestly care about the population when it comes to their profession.
That would have made a beautiful solar system cake :)
🫢 GIRL thank you for mentioning!! I’m paying attention now when I see more cake vids 👁👁
Its not entierly right, its only toxic in large quanteties. Dont stick them directly in the cake and tell ppl to dont eat the buttercreme layer where it touches any flower and you are good to go. If u google it you can read that small amount are not dangerous at all
They make baby's breath out of gumpaste
@@rabeaw6646 Small quantities are not dangerous _for most people_ . People who are vulnerable - children, the sick, the elderly, immunocompromised people, etc - will be much worse off. In the end, why even take the risk? Stick with fake flowers if you really want a known toxic flower on your cake.
Finally someone pointed this out I always felt off about baby’s breath
baby breaths are one of my favorite tiny flowers❤️
I just googled it and it says that it's only ,,poisonous" when big amounts of it are eaten, which noone does.
So I'm confused rn...maybe it was lost in translation when I searched it, or there is a different kind of this plant who look almost the same?
If someone could educate me that would be very helpful.
Which site did you use? All of my sources say it can cause skin irritation, rashes, and upset stomachs.
But hey, when in doubt, I’d rather play it safe anyways.
@@StillBusyBaking I used the first sides that popped up when I googled it.
Both english and german sides mentioned that it's poisenous for humans when eaten in big amounts tho. Which is why I figured that it's ok to decorate cakes with it since it's only poisenous when eaten in great amounts and last time I decorated a cake with it nothing happened.
But I guess you are right, better be careful.
@@morgothbauglir5186 weird! My sites say even a small amount could be harmful. Ah well, better safe like we said :)
@@StillBusyBaking true, true. It's such a shame though, it looks so pretty😂
Because amounts can vary from person to person, it’s just generally safe not to use. Numerous other edible flowers that pose no risk from any part of plant when eaten
This reminds me of one time I was talking to my mother's friend who was blind about garnishes and apparently it's a law (maybe just in my state idk) that everything on a plate at a restaurant HAS to be edible. Partially so a blind person couldn't accidentally think some poison garnish was spinach or something
This is pretty common but not universal and it’s in place for many people - people with complex disabilities related to autoimmunity, allergies, immunosuppression or more, children and the elderly, who both have less effective or complete immune systems, people like you mention - blind or deaf people who can’t read or hear announcements about it, and to the benefit of everyone because people are known for not paying attention to such warnings or intentionally doing stupid stuff all the time.
@@saritavenkatapathynaidu9533 thank you that's a good point ☺️
Isn't it funny how when we make things more safe/accessible for people with disabilities it can innovate things to make them better for everyone
"It's natural ingredients, unlike those fake icing flowers"
Is something I feel like was their logic
Oh wow this is much needed. Somehow, baby's breath never comes up on lists of toxic flowers, at least not the ones I've seen. And because people use it all the time, you think it's definitely fine, if everyone's using it. I've never seen anyone mention this. Thank you!
...oh no, so that’s why the couple I saw with a baby breath cake had such symptoms 😨😨
That’s why I had a stomachache after taking a bite of the flower lol-
Thank you for letting me know about Baby’s Breath Steph, Love you! 😉
Thanks for the Baby's Breath info!!! Please call em out by posting their links HERE 👍
The cake at the beginning was beautiful 🥺
Thank you. The irony that it's called babies breath.
Thank you for being a responsible person.
God Bless you 😇
You ARE going Far. Thanks for sharing & Caring about People
Oh wow. I see some cakes use those flowers. I even thought it look nice and all, never knowing it was actually toxic! Thanks for the info, I'll be keeping that in mind......for later purposes.
Thank you. That is very important information.
Dang gotta remember to keep my baby out the kitchen while I'm baking. ...
My bakery delivery person saw my aunt about to put real flowers on my cake and told her to stop before she made us all sick. I hope this message keeps spreading.
I swapped out baby's breath with these cute purple flowers called monkshood. So pretty!
Uhhh...
😆
I wanted to say I feel like you're ruining that cake😂 but I read your pinned comment and you are destroying it on purpose. Yay. I was worried. Lol
Thank you!! I've had this happen as well and I'm really glad someone else is saying something.
As a florist Iam so glad you made this clip!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD THING!!!
Thanks for sharing this information. I never knew
Okay, noted. But why would you cover that beautiful caakeeeeee?! 😭😭😭
I love the little sugar flowers my grams used to make for my birthday cakes.
I had no idea. I'm glad you put this out!
"omg so pretty-..... W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! NOOOOOOO
Just made a wedding cake with a bunch of flowers from the couple’s garden and did check which ones would be edible before picking them! Can’t believe people wouldn’t check. To get a similar cute small bunches of flowers effect I used forget-me-nots
Simple fix be grateful for the info and replace with fake babies breath.
I am glad you tell the truth. Also that cake was so pretty 😭
NoOoOooOo I would’ve GLADLY took the Pride cake 😭
Next thing you know you take a slice... of styrofoam
Wow I do catering for a living and I always end up cutting the wedding cakes and I can't tell you how many times I've seen baby's breath in these cakes I had no idea. Thanks for this video cuz if I see a baker put baby's breath in their cake I'm going to call them on it
Oh wow. I didn’t know. Thank you for sharing that info. I won’t use them in cakes anymore. Crazy part is I have a cake for this week with flowers.
He’s a good tip. Try avoiding using actual flowers on cakes, use fake ones. Even experts can have difficulty telling certain flowers apart sometimes. Not to mention sanitary problems that the flowers may cause
This is 100% facts!!! I will nicely comments as well, always super nice. At this point I'm just going to start reporting them to their local health department, cause I'm over seeing it.
They should also be kept away from pets
Thank you for this tip of advice! I'm new at making cakes and I never would have known about that.
I'll definitely not be using that flower for my cakes. Thanks!!! 🙌🥰🎉
Thank you!!
As a florist for over 20 years I would constantly get asked to put the flowers on the cake.
This is one thing I would cover with them.
I would only use organic flowers as well, as any flower grown with pesticides will leach them into the cake as well.
Omg I was about to use babies breathe on my cake maybe if I can find a fake version
It's actually fine to use on cakes as decorations, as long as they're removed for consumption. As long as I've been a baker I've never seen someone eat baby's breath though
@@blaackberry I've seen people who would ear anything on a cake. Thank you so much for the tip
@@jellyg8836 Sure thing, I've been doing this a long time. You don't have to sacrifice your aesthetic vision just because people are ravenous and indiscriminate 😭 just need a little more prep
Maybe they were doing it safely…and didn’t want to scare anyone?
You can still use baby breaths on food items…as long as it done properly… like just as decor and not touching the food..
My cousin uses it for decor, but sprays it with a glaze for an extra barrier…
There are things you can do to minimize risk, but the only way to eliminate it is to not use them at all. In my opinion, it’s not worth the risk just for the aesthetic.
If you still want to use them, you should absolutely be disclosing that they are toxic.
@@StillBusyBaking no you just tell people not to eat the decorations and expect them
to be sensible
@@sodorflubbs5000 people will still eat them. People don’t listen 100% of the time. Plus, even if they do remove them, they could accidentally come into contact with the cake. I’d much rather be safe. It’s just not worth the risk.
Also, I had an anaphylactic reaction from a “safe” baby’s breath cake that had the decor removed.
You don’t have the right to remove consent from people with disabilities, sensitivities due to things like chronic illness or neurodivergence, parents of children, immunocompromised people, or the elderly. Why do you think YOU know better for EVERYONE, and that no one needs to consent to the risks of what you find is “safe enough” for them to consume??
That no one else is framing this as an issue of consent is super disturbing to me, because defenders of baby’s breath on cake are all admitting it is risky but deciding for OTHER PEOPLE that the risk is minimal enough that it’s negligible.
That’s SUCH A HUGE ISSUE OF CONSENT! If you willingly, openly, and thoroughly inform people of the possible risk without minimizing or lying about its potential effects, how many people would consent to eat it? Fewer than you expected. People deserve to decide for themselves what the risks of consuming items are and whether it’s worth it.
How is this issue all that different from SA? Your body is affected, something is inside or on your body parts, it can cause illness and be upsetting, and the host decided for you that you consent to it! It’s not dissimilar and just because something is “no big deal” to you doesn’t mean that everyone has to accept that! How are people not seeing this??? Consent isn’t just for sex, it’s for everything, and violating it because you’re not worried isn’t okay!
@@StillBusyBaking i agree but if people don't listen then you are no longer liable. They were warned
i like the cake after. As an artist I'm a firm believer that there are no ugly colors, and the way the is blended reminds me of space.
That frosting has amazing pigment! You have trouble finding dye with color that true, but food dye? 😳 I would not have thought it possible!💕
Damn I'm glad my mom isn't just a good baker, but is the person that knows the book of plants inside and out
Bet that's why she named me Flora, that plant nerd lol🌻🌼🌺
Big yikes😦
The plastic baby's breath flowers look pretty real for not a lot of money. I wanted it in my hair (and honestly couldn't afford real ones at the time) so we bought some from Joanne's and cut them up to put in my hair.
I thought you were talking about tiny humans and their nasty germs, but that pause was just long enough for my brain to make better sense of this😭😭.
Well, I've never decorated a cake with cut flowers, but that is helpful to know. Thank you!
So glad that you explained the issue re baby's breath AND that you purposefully destroyed that lovely rainbow cake.
My mom was a florist so I knew this, but I was definitely surprised to see how many people don't know which flowers are edible and which aren't.
Honestly, I really benefited from growing up in a florist shop.
When my aunt cassy was born My grandfather was sitting in the hospital room all by herself and there was a vase full of baby's breath and he started shaking and she felt a presence of her mother (who was dead at that point) and she didn't turn around. She didn't say anything. She just enjoyed the sheer beauty of that moment. So yeah
Thank you for the very important information!
for the ppl who delete her comments and use the flowers anyways: Baby's breath (Gypsophila elegans) contains saponins that when ingested by animals may cause minor gastrointestinal upset. In the case of humans, the sap from baby's breath can cause contact dermatitis, so yes, baby's breath may be irritating to the skin and result in itching and/or a rash.
Thank god someone said it!!!!! I work as a florist and I can't tell you how many people come in and say "do you sell babies breath, I wanted to use it for my baby shower cake /weddings cakes. I just look at them and say um that's is poisonous for people and pets along with many other flowers. Also babies breath is also known as Gypsophilia.
Rember most flowers are NOT EDIBLE!
I’m a florist- it’s real name is gypsophila, just in case someone didn’t know the term baby’s breath.