Okay, maybe I make mine too thin but I have the darnest time keeping them from breaking when I go to put them on the cake so I have to make a million of them. What do you do to keep them from breaking? Am I not possibly adding enough gumtext to my MMF? I know MMF isn't the strongest but it is the cheapest and easiest for me. I have a elmo cake to do for the 18th and I was going to put a big number 2 at the top of the cake with a lot of little stars and curly cues like a firecracker explosion.


Any hints/tips would be appreciated!!
Dia

Hi Dia,

How was your vacation?

When I made my bow with MMF, I added the fixodent denture powder to the MMF and the bow is really hard.

Might want to give it a try.

One teaspoon to the size of a baseball of MMF.

Is that stuff (fixodent?)okay to eat? I know my kids try to eat every part of a cake, so I have to be careful even with the decorations.

prettycakes,

I think so because people use it in their mouth to hold their dentures.

I don't think that they will be able to eat these...really hard.

Steph, thanks for that tip! I'm going to try that one!

dsoutherngirl,

You're welcome...got the tip from Squirrelly.

Dia,

I know what you mean.

Yes, the Fixodent is white and it comes in a squirt bottle, just make sure that it says powder because it comes in tablets also.

I just did this cake this weekend. I usually make my squiggles a few days prior. I mix some Tylos powder w/ my fondant - it's a hardening agent, you can buy at a cake supply store. I do have breakage, but I always make a few extra. I use candy melts (tinted to the color) to adhere squiggles to lollipop sticks, and then stick them in the cake. Others are just placed around the cake, and adhered w/ buttercream.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&pos=-27156

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I can't help getting a mental picture of the kids with decorations permanently attached ... lol


That is to funny

cakesbyallison,

you said that you made your squigglies with candy melts mixed with tylos? Do you mean the chocolate candy melts found at Michael's of Hobby Lobby? And is the correct mixture with it called TYLOS powder? Could you tell me exact instructions on how you do it please?

rabiah,

She mixes her fondant with Tylos and Use the candy melts to attach the broken pieces back together.

Oh thank you!!! What do I know?

No problem...alot of times I feel the same way about myself

Ok.. which is cheaper?? Fixodent or tylose?

I paid $3.50 for the Fixodent...never brought Tylos.