A Very Merry Go Round Cake

This cake was a lot of fun. I got the idea from the Wilton website. The gingerbread men are made of rolled fondant (red & green make a brown color) and were created several days in advance so they would have time to dry. The cake board for the top layer must be at least 2" larger than the cake for the piping and candy to rest. The pillars are made of 1/2" Sch 40 PVC and wrapped in fondant. This was the most difficult part. The original directions call for the stripes to be layed individually, which just didn't work for me. I laid the fondant stripes side-by-side and attached with water dampened fingers then slightly rolled it to create a sheet. I laid the pillars on the sheet and wrapped it around. I then cut the excess off and removed it easily by gently pulling.

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