Hello, i need to make shoe and corsette cupcake toppers and I have heard horror stories of them melting by the time they get delivered. If I make them out of 50/50 can i put them on the night before and still have them keep there shape?

I will deliver the day before the party and dont want them to bent and droop. Any medium better to use than 50/50 fondant gumpaste or which one does not melt into buttercream? She wants buttercream icing..

Hmm that is interesting. I never had toppers melt into BC and it is 92 degrees F here. I always use 100% gumpaste for toppers. Does your fondant mixture have any butter in it? I have seen recipes with butter in fondant for a great taste. My fondant and gum paste are made with shortening and no butter. Nothing in it to melt at a high temperature.

o ok, so if I use straight gumpaste it will work ok then. Thank you! I need a dark fushia color, so i wanted to mix hot pink satin ice iwth some purple and possibly add tylose to it, hoping that it will be stable enough. I can never get my white gumpaste colored correctly.. Do you think they will hold with fondant and tylose? in the buttercream?

i forgot to mention that I need them hard so they can sit up flat on cupcakes

I have used my homemade fondant and Satin Ice fondant and added tylose to it to get it firm. It works just well. I sprinkle and eye ball how much tylose. There are threads on CC where people can tell you the exact amount of tylose per lb of fondant.

thank you! yes i use it for my fondant cakes its 1 tsp per pound, but never tried it on buttercream cupcakes for a long period. One girl on here post said she had figures on top of her cupcakes and by the time they got to venue they had all warped down... Maybe using tylose will fix my fears, she probly used all fondant

Also make sure you don't put them in an airtight container. My all fondant toppers wilted on buttercream when I foolishly transported them in a rubbermaid type bin with the lid on tight. Bad idea. The humidity in the air is also a factor to keep in mind. I've done all fondant toppers on BC without an issue too, but didn't have them airtight and it was not a humid day.

Thank you KLC crafts! Thats what i was afraid of I will do as you suggest