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steph11sb
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Joined: Jan 20, 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Newark, DE
Birthday: Aug 20
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:10 pm |
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Hi, I'm in need of some advice...I'm trying to make 2 people made of fondant for the top of my cake and I was told to use water to attach the arms, clothing, hair, and whatver else. THIS IS NOT WORKING!! I'm stressing out over here. The cake is due tomorrow and I must have made about 6 different people and everything is falling off of them...please help!!!!  |
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2sdae
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Joined: Nov 08, 2006
Posts: 2954
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:14 pm |
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try thin R.I. to help. I have seen people on here use it to attach things together like that. |
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ShirleyW
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Joined: Sep 23, 2006
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area, Concord, California
Birthday: Apr 06
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:16 pm |
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Gum Glue or slightly beaten egg whites. |
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steph11sb
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Joined: Jan 20, 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Newark, DE
Birthday: Aug 20
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:20 pm |
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I have also heard about the egg whites...I guess I'll try that next..  thank you!!!!! |
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JaneK
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Joined: Aug 28, 2006
Posts: 1456
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: Jan 27
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:40 pm |
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I am not sure what gum glue and whether this is the same thing but take a little clump of fondant with a teeny bit of warm water and mush it up with a fork or some implement...till it is the consistency of pablum...that is a super duper glue and I used it on my polar bears wearing sweaters cake in my gallery..it works well.
Good luck!
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drwendy
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Joined: Nov 08, 2006
Posts: 114
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Birthday: Sep 17
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:21 pm |
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I've read that equal parts meranque powder and water makes a good "glue" for fondant, but haven't tried it myself. |
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beachcakes
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Joined: Jun 12, 2005
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Location: At the Beach
Birthday: Jun 27
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:46 pm |
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I agree w/ JaneK, a fondant/water paste holds better than plain water. |
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Tuggy
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Joined: Dec 21, 2004
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Location: Hamburg/Germany
Birthday: May 14
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:56 pm |
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Like several said: fondant/water is a great glue. Just use a palette-knife and mix it on a flat sureface untill itīs so creamy that you can add it with a brush to the parts.
If you use only water just dampen the parts. Using to much water makes it slippery.
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acookieobsession
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Joined: Jul 24, 2005
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Location: NC
Birthday: Mar 19
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:06 pm |
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I use thin royal icing to attach the hair on the angels in my gallery.
I would reccomend that you tint it a bit if it will at all possibly be seen.
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SpudCake
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Joined: Mar 10, 2006
Posts: 376
Location: Idaho
Birthday: Jan 27
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Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:13 pm |
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I learned to use small amounts of piping gel to hold things together from Marsha Winbeckler in class at Cake Camp.
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ozcake
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Joined: Oct 24, 2005
Posts: 247
Location: NSW, Australia
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:56 am |
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steph11sb,
For attaching arms I use a small piece of dried spaghetti as well as the sticking agent helps hold it together (see this other post for a pic)
http://cakecentral.com/cake-de.....tml#381864
Also the pose of the figures can affect things are you working against gravity? I usually try to pose mine so that there is extra support ie. the hands touch to the body or each other or something for extra support (and I stick them there)
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steph11sb
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Joined: Jan 20, 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Newark, DE
Birthday: Aug 20
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:40 am |
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Thank you all for your help...I went with the egg white idea, and it worked great!! Everything stuck perfectly!...Maybe next time, I'll try to use the fondant/water mixture and see how that goes. I have a photo posted of the figures if you want to check them out. They're not perfect, but it's a start. |
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