I am making a 3d airplaine cake... I was origanially going to make the wings and tail pieces from gum paste but started to think... wouldnt it be easier to just cut my pettern so I can adjust it to fit the cake perfect and then cover the patern with fondant? Only question is ... is how do I do that... second question... what would you do? Make them from gumpaste or cover the cardboard??

Please help

Hi There
I personally would make the wings from gelatin paste which dries rock hard and is much stronger than gumpaste but is worked in the same way. Once you had made it (quite easy ) all you would need to do is get the size and shape etc the same way you would for gumpaste but you would allow it to dry out overnight ( possibly longer depending on size, thickness etc) then attach it.
Just my tuppence worth
HTH

i vote pastillage

how do you make gelatin paste? or pastillage?

I'll have to pm you the recipe coz its from a book.
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Hi, when I did a plane for my son't b'day, I use patillage for the rear wings. I covered them with fondant, but it was a bit too heavy. What you can do is colour the pastllage in the same colour you are going to cover the body of the plane, and cut into the shapes you want.

here's one of the recipes on cc for pastillage:

http://cakecentral.com/recipes/14633/easy-pastillage