I need some ideas on how to make these cups tilt. I'm making them out of RKT covered in fondant. They'll be sitting on a sheet cake.
Thoughts?

TIA
Laurie

could you tip them together and "glue" them with royal icing where they meet?

Unfortunately the picture makes no sence to me at all. It looks like a foil pouch to me...not cups

hahaha..kakelady..I think she means the picture on the foil pouch!

At first I thought the same thing..what is she talking about??!!
Then I noticed the picture ON the pouch is of 2 cups tilted together!

Thanks for the laugh!

I make cupcake teacups. I would hook them together with white chocolate. they would hold if they are not that big.

I have a suggestion, but at the same time I'm wondering for myself if people think this type of strategy would work-
What would happen if you used some sort of dowel as a support in the cups, and then push them into the cake for added support?
Would this actually help support the cups or just end up ripping the cake?

Insert a dowel rod in the bottom of the cup while you have it at the necessary angle. Then insert the dowel in the cake.

pipe-dreams.. i,m with kakeladi.. didn,t understand the picture either.. glad i kept reading.. and saw your post.. now it is funny to me.. i had started to write what kakeladi wrote.. then i saw her post. good laugh for the day...

I would cut them so they had a flat spot where they lay on the cake. I would also dowel them into the cake and eachother. Be sure to post a pic when you're done. It looks like it will be a cool cake!

I would either dowel them as suggested or use white chocolate and glue them onto a small plate of gumpaste using something to support them until the chocolate is set. Also glueing where they meet will help too. But if there is a way to give it an optical illusion where they are sitting and make it cut flat (if that makes sense), you might have a better chance of getting them to stay that way.

OOOoooohhhhhhh DUUHHH !
It took me a good 30 seconds of studying the pic to see *cups* . I was seeing a bud vase w/bow & ribbon tails

Kakeladi, you're right! I didn't explain that it is a picture of cups that I was talking about.

All your suggestions are things that I thought of.
Glueing the tops together
Doweling thru cups, then into cake.
making a flat corner for them to sit on

Not sure what I'll end up doing but I'll post a pic next week when I do the cake.
Thanks
Laurie

Thanks for your help ladies!

Here's the result.
Laurie

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1349052.html

That came out great....the cups, especially, look fantastic!