I usually make the pieces at the time I cover the cake with fondant. Im doing a Mario Bros.. Cake and I need to premake the pieces since they are detailed...

How can I attech dried pieces to the fresh covered fondant? Do they stick as well? Will they fall off? Do they look dried out?

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!! HAHAH sorry!

I did that with my polka dot cake. I cut polka dots out a week ahead of time but you need to keep them covered or they will dry out and break or crack when you adhere them to the cake. And to adhere them I just use vanilla and a paint brush or gum paste glue and they will stick like they were glued on. Good Luck.

They will not look dried out
If you want the to conform to the shape of the cake (ie" on the sides of an 8" round) then don't dry them ahead....they can crack.
To attach....do as shaa said. Any liquid will work - just a very light brushing on will hold them in place.

Yes dumb me had a brainfart and tried to attach my polka dots to my round cakes and oops the cracked a little but that was my fault completely. Other than that no one knew they had been done for a week lol

Just put a dot of buttercream on the back of the piece and stick it on.

Will vanilla work when attaching fondant pieces to the sides of a cake iced with crusted bc also? I'm afraid of gravity pulling them off

That I have never tried but I personally wouldn't think so.

PuffCake,
Good question...I'm also interested in that response.

I tipically make fondant decorations early in the week to save on time. I have not had trouble attaching them to BC. I use a dot of BC icing and it stays. Also to keep the fondant fresh looking you can apply crisco to a papertowel and wipe the fondant pieces. I saw this idea someplace.

I use royal icing to attach things like flowers and stuff to the cake but not buttercream.

I made the fondant pieces for this cake a week ahead so they would be easier to handle.. then attached them with buttercream to a buttercream cake...... worked perfectly..
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CakesByLJ,
I get a Forbidden message when I try the link to your cake. Is it in your photos? If so, which one? Thanks!

PuffCake

CakesByLJ,
Beautiful cake! Did you keep the pieces covered at all for the week? Were they dry and hard when you put them on the cake?

.......Will vanilla work when attaching fondant pieces to the sides of a cake iced with crusted bc .......

I prefer to use a piped open circle of b'cream on the back of pieces being attached to b'c. - especially the heavier/bigger ones.

Sorry to be so dense, kakeladi, but what do you mean by "open circle"?

I have a question about dried gumpaste flowers made on floral wire. How are you suppose to add those to cakes.? I'm sure your not suppose to stick the wires in the cake? I have my first wedding cake due in May which will have about 200 pieces of premade flowers and leave. Just looking to find out how to add them to the cake. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Melissa

Thanks for the info CakesbyLJ. I guess I will be cutting a lot of straws. LOL. I'll have to check on the Nicholas Lodge classes, I did not realize Nicholas Lodge was that close to me. I will definatly check on his classes. I seen for of the gum paste flowers that others have made in his classes.
Thanks,
Melissa

On the heart cake in my pictures I made the hearts a week ahead and just attached them to the fondant by painting a little water on the back of each piece. They had dried out so it was a bit difficult.

For my Easter kit I made them ahead and put them on a cookie tray. I then covered them with saran wrap that I lightly rubbed with crisco. It sounds weird, but it worked for me Then I just used water to attach them.
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