My daughter picked out a cake that has a pineapple on top with the leaves sticking off the top. I made the cake but I just can't figure out how to do the leaves. In the photo of the cake she picked it looks like fondant is what the leaves are made of. I made some, even let it air dry for a few hours and they still wilted over.

HELP!!

Attached is a picture of the cake she wants.

try molding chocolate, i know those wont wilt over? not sure whats causing yours to wilt over but that could be green dyed white molding chocolate.

My partner and I just made a cake like this. I made the leaves out of a fondant/gumpaste mixture and let them dry overnight and they worked fine. Fondant on its own is probably not strong enough to stand up, so try mixing it with gumpaste AND letting them dry longer. The modeling chocolate is also a great idea and should work with no problem. HTH

Try making them out of gumpaste or add tylose to your fondant - they'll dry harder.

I made some out of chocolate...so simple. I just literally dumped melted chocolate onto some wax paper and when it was almost completely set up but still kinda soft, I took a knife and just cut the leaf shapes all over the chocolate, let it finish firming up and then broke away the pieces and had leaves.

Here is the cake I used them on.

I made my leaves from gumpaste, but attached them with white chocolate tinted green. A pineapple has a little base from which the leaves sprout, so that is what I did... made a thicker base and stuck the leaves in concentrically. The chocolate firms up beautifully. I traveled with this cake for two hours and the leaves never budged.

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1450741

I used candy clay, let them dry a day, and they still wilted. I like Khalstead's idea or gumpaste/fondant.

Thank you all!! I will try some of these ideas! I have 2 1/2 weeks left til the party so I still have time to experiment. I will just save the pineapple part on my practice cake and let her eat the bottom rounds instead. hehe

Ok, one more question. Do you all make your own gumpaste from scratch? Buy it already made? Or use the mix like the one Wilton makes?

Sorry I am a gumpaste virgin!

I use the Wilton mix. Works great every time and I don't have to clean up a huge mess from making it - I'm on a tight budget so this is cheaper to me than buying it pre-made - probably more expensive than making it from scratch, but worth it to me.

I buy CK gumpaste in a powder form and you just add water and knead. It makes about 8oz. of gumpaste and it's $2.49 at my local party store