I have a graduation cake on Saturday that is due, and the lady wants the 2 stacked books, with the grad hat on top....cap no problem but for the life of me I am drawing a blank as to the best way to cover the cakes in fondant to look the most like books....anyone that has made one could you help a girl out? Do I put fondant down, then the cake and then cover the one side and the top, and then add a another piece for the pages? I can airbrush it, or use colored fondant, doesn't matter to me...I know this probably that difficult I am just drawing a complete BLANK at the moment on how the best way would be to go about this, any help or suggestions I would GREATLY appreciate, thanks in advance to all you CCers!

The way I make a book cake is this: I cut away about 1 in from one side of the cake to make an oblong shape (the binding). I position the cake on the board and attach a white strip of fondant on three sides of the cake. Then I mark the page lines with a knife. I cut a piece a little bit bigger than the top and the binding (to simulate the cover) and finally attach a tiny strip arround the base to simulate the back cover.

Does it have to be fondant? I did this one in bc:

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1230835

I can explain how if you are interested.

Check this out...there are two ways of doing it on this thread. Obviously, I like the way that I posted the best!! check out my photos...I have two book cackes in there...

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-587141.html

the books were easy just time consuming. a thick piece of white scored fondant with the lines was placed on the 3 sides for the pages. the spine and top cover were one piece. i added a TON of tylose to the colored fondant. rolled it out just under 1/4 inch thick. let it set up some before i put it on the cake. go no more than 1/4 inch over the top edge of the cake or cover will droop. I propped the corners up with viva for a while so they would not droop. the bottm "cover" is just strips (1/4 inch wide) applied along the bottom white part of the pages.

Sharon can you do a book cover like you would do a hat box top? cut the top and spine a little bigger then you need it and let it set up.. then trim as you need it?

I have got to find an occasion for one of these. I just love the book cakes.

well I guess you could just form the binding.. and do the cover and bottom like that then

sure!

I did mine like Sugarshack. Books are amazingly easy, once you do them! You can handle it, I bet it will be adorable.

For the books I did, I painted them with food coloring and vodka, and then dusted them with gold highlighter while very slightly damp. It gave them an antique look.

thanks eveyone for your help will let you know how it turns out! I checked out all your pics and I think I have a pretty good idea, this won't be the first thing I am jumping into head first, so I am sure I will do ok, maybe some 4 letter words later tonight, but hey as long as I get the final result! Hey Sugarshack...when I grow up I want to be you! Your cakes are AMAZING!!!!