I have a cake due on Thursday that I am trying to make. I am wanting to add the number 18 on top of the cake. My trouble is though I am not sure how to do this. What would i make the number out of and when I go to attach it on the cake what would I use to stand it up?

Any help appreciated. I am so confused and wanting to do so much for my brothers birthday.

Cut the numbers out of gumpaste. Once dry, attach a popsicle stick to the back with royal icing or candy melts. It's helpful to insert a straw into your cake to help support the popsicle stick so that the weight of the numbers won't rip the cake.

thanks for the help

I had to do that in a hurry once and cut the numbers out of fun foam. Last time I went to the local cake supply store, I bought the choc molds that are numbers with spikes on the bottom so that you stick the molded choc piece into the top of the cake. That worked really well.

Deann