i am doing my daughter's graduation cake. she wants buttercream and fondant drapes.

my question: how do you attach fondant drapes so they won't fall off?
i would prefer a fondant covered cake, but my daughter isn't fond of it, so i have to go with all buttercream. i just don't want the drapes to fall off during the celebration.

I attach mine with toothpicks and use other decoration like flowers or something to hide it. I've never draped a fondant cake, but I can't imagine it being much different that what you would normally do.

toothpicks...never thought of that. just hope if remember to take them out when i serve the cake.

i also wondered if that was possible,i just assumed the fondant would be too heavy and fall off and pull the buttercream with it.

I do it all the time with no problems.
I dont use toothpicks just some buttercream. But you have to make sure is not soft buttercream. I use crusting buttercream
Edna

Yep...do it all the time. Only use buttercream to hold it.

I've done it with toothpicks. I like the security it gave me. It probably would have held just fine with only the bc, but I wasn't completely confident so I used toothpicks.