Urgent Icing Question, Please Help!

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PixieNibble Posted 15 Aug 2014 , 8:07pm
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ASorry to bother you all, but i find myself in a muddle due to my own bad time management. Ive got 6/9 small cakes to cover with fondant for tomorrow morming and im at a loss what to use.

All the shops are shut, i dont have time to make ganache and i would rather not make buttercreAmand theres no jam either!

Would just plain old butter work? Or can the fondant just stick without edible glue?

Please help!

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PixieNibble Posted 15 Aug 2014 , 8:26pm
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AI need to know ASAP as its nearly 9.30 PM here (ive left it embarressingly left i know)

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scrumdiddlycakes Posted 15 Aug 2014 , 9:24pm
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What type of cake is it? I would definitely not use plain butter in any case.

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kakeladi Posted 15 Aug 2014 , 9:27pm
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Really sorry no one could help you in a timely manor :(

For future knowledge you could try using any thick syrup - like Karo or even maple syrup applied very thinly.

Maybe even make a thick sugar water mixture. 

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AZCouture Posted 15 Aug 2014 , 9:55pm
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AIs this for an order?

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Rfisher Posted 15 Aug 2014 , 10:08pm
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AIf butter is an option, than ketchup is as well. It will work but would you wish to eat it?

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ApplegumPam Posted 15 Aug 2014 , 11:39pm
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Wasabi will work  :P

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Siany01 Posted 16 Aug 2014 , 12:25am
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AAre therr no 24 hour supermarkets you can go to?

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MBalaska Posted 16 Aug 2014 , 12:34am
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Originally Posted by Siany01 

Are therr no 24 hour supermarkets you can go to?

 

Yeah, I was kinda thinking the same thing.  I live in a tiny town at the end of the earth and there are all night grocery - convenience stores.

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PixieNibble Posted 18 Aug 2014 , 4:01pm
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ASorry for being late in getting back to everyone!

No it wasnt for an order (i wish i was paid to make cake), but it was for a picnic we were having the next day for someones birthday.

I ended up making butter....glue. It was supposed to be buttercream but i put too much milk innit and i ran out of icing sugar. it did the trick tho. I wanted to make them look like the japanese rice cakes called onigiri. I seem to have done okay!

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Shame they got partly ruined by an over eager dog spilling cola all over them while to eat them at our picnic. :c

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