How do I make a swimming pool on top of cake?Betsy

you can dye piping gel blue to look like water and add a fodant around it to look like a pools edge.

You can also pipe blue buttercream for your pool and then put the blue tinted piping gel on top of that. Really brings it out.

You can also line your pool with buttercream, and then make blue jello (use only half the water), and once the jello starts to set, then pour it into the pool.

Thanks for your help on pool. Should I cut out a place on top of cake for the pool or just put it on top of cake? Won't the gel all seep out into the cake and get absorbed?

I have actually done this before, but for a golf themed cake. I used the piping gel (dyed blue) for the water on the golf course. What i did was just ice it like normal(and let dry), then pour the gel onto the icing and it will look like water an not seep through. If you wanted to make the pool deep, just carve a hole in the cake and then ice it like normal and pour the gel in. Simple as that. And if you REALLY want to play it safe cut a piece of Plastic Wrap tha fits the size of the hole and pour gel ontop of that.

Here is a picture of my golf cake w/ water:
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1327578


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