I make my baby with gumpaste and freeze it for 15-20 minutes. but after I take it out the mold it sinks as its coming to room temperature. the butt sinks in and the head gets flat and wide... anyone know how to fix this?

Are you using a 50/50 gumpaste/fondant mix? That helps give it stability.

Are you packing it as full as possible and skimming off the excess? Sounds like it's not totally packed, which is important.

I have made them with both gum paste and 50/50 gum paste & fondant, with good luck, but I don't freeze it. I just let it sit in the mold for a couple of hours then carefully remove it. You may be getting condensation from coming out of the freezer.

I am wondering what medium you are using as well. I typically use a mix of fondant and gumpaste but sometimes I use all gumpaste as well. Getting your product very smooth and pliable and packing it in there very well are musts. If I am in a hurry I will put it in the freezer and it works fine.
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i used fondant mixture the first time i tried the baby mold-and it spread and collapsed as well. the next couple times i tried i added some tylose powder to my mmf and then stuck it into the freezer-aprox 15 minutes-worked like a charm. really helped to stabilize the fondant. hth! i've also used gumpaste with great results-and melted chocolate!!

I've had success using melted white chocolate.

I have used this tutorial with success. http://cakecentral.com/articles/683/how-to-make-a-gumpaste-baby-with-mold#more-683

PoodleDoodle, I Have to try the chocolate, Did you put it in the fridge,? Or let it sit out

I used all Gumpaste both times.... I once did a gummy one and it came out fine

But yes I packed it stuffed the crap out of it then cut off the extra. I think maybe its the freezer also. but I was told you have to let it dry at least a week when drying in just the mold.... maybe I was taught wrong?

on another note, chocolate sounds really awesome

I don't have the baby mold, but I use silicone molds all the time. You don't have to let it dry for a week in the mold. I just pop things right out or wait 20 minutes if I am busy with something else. Now it will be pliable still so you can't rough it up, but it should hold its shape okay... especially if it's straight gumpaste (though I like a 50/50 mix). You woudl want to let it dry for a day or so out of the mold before you handle it too much so it has some backbone to it and won't get finger marks, but you can pop many babies out of your mold in a sitting.

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Dry a week in the mold??? Noooooooo!!!! If you look in my pix, at Isabel's baby shower, I did the topper using that baby mold -- I did about 10 babies in maybe two hours. Knead the fondant/gumpaste mixture, pack it tight, skim the top, freeze for 20 minutes or so until it's firm and peel back the mold baby butt side first (or the toes will crack off if you release the head first.) Easy peasy!! [/quot



Love that cake, Just put it in my fav. Did you just roll diff. colors of fondant. To get that

Thanks, no I didn't, I airbrushed it first, blue on top, green on bottom, then sponged it. I made the sky a little too dark though, but mom loved it!

That cake is too cute bobwonderbuns.... funny name btw..... and okay ill give it another go 50/50 this time one in the freezer and one out and see how it goes. Thank you

Let me know if you have any problems, I'll help in any way I can. Good luck!

Yes, that's what I did. I put a couple drops of the airbrush color in a palette and took a natural sponge and dabbed it. If you look in my pix, the other cake I did like that -- the 3D painting cake, that's the look I was going for but I went a little crazy with my sponging so the sky was too dark. I could tell the faux pas but nobody else could. It's all good!

they are beautiful bob. But then again all your cakes are, I`d like to give that a try one day.

Thank you! It's actually pretty easy. One thing I tell my students is to get a cake dummy and cover it in Wilton fondant (gives you practice in covering cakes in fondant), then use that for your practice. Practice sponging and other techniques.