A friend of the family said he wanted his wife to pop out of a cake for his birthday. Im trying to find a way to make something that looks like her atleast to pop out..or appear to pop out!! I really need some ideas. I need the cake by friday..PLEASE help!

see this cake:

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=6658

now just redo it as fondant figure of friend popping out.

(note use of fondant flaps to get POP effect)

HTH

this might sound stupid...but how early can i do the figure and let it dry? Im new with using fondant and i dont want to mess it up!

tonight if you want.

since fondant dries slower than gumpaste, starting today would probably be a good idea.

thanks soooo much!!

It will need to be done a few days in advance. If you don't have time, you could use a barbie doll that looks like his wife - just be sure your cake is tall enough. Sounds like a fun cake!

Bec

should I add the fondant head and then make the body and attach them...and if I do...can I jus attach with icing or would toothpicks be better?

I did a cake for a woman turning 60 and her name happened to be Barbie. I guess you can figure out the rest. she was a redhead and so I got the Wilton Barbie, dressed her in fondant and inserted her into the top of the cake with her hands straigt up like she was popping right out!! Since the they only make the red head Barbie in a small pick doll, I made the cake with a 6 inch pan but made it 3 cakes high. I think everyone had a lot of fun with it.

here's a tutor that addresses head and face.

note the body is made separately (first) and then the head attached.

http://www.lorraine-icingonthecake.co.uk/masterclass/face-howto.htm

and, if you've ever worked w/ polyclay -- techniques are the same (but ours is edible!)

Debbie Brown has a book. I think its called Naughty cakes. There is a women poppin out of a box. It has great directions You could adjust it to the client.

For the husband sake, may sure she has on something sexy coming out of the cake (smile!!)

How about this: Use wife's photo of herself and scan it with edible frosting sheet. Place it on a sugar cookie that you cut out in same shape as the photo. Stick it on the top of the cake. Simple, isn't it?

Good job Doug! Thats the one I saw in the book. The roly poly one. It had great instructions. I like that other one you found too. I was thinking the other person might not be like the roly poly gal.
Im heading that way if I dont stop eatting so much cake. I just love cake.

Thanks so much everybody!! Im going to try to get pics on here as soon as I can. Everyone helped soo much! If anyone still has ideas for anything else to do with the cake, Im willing to listen

Hey guys thanks for all of your help!! Here is the final product!

great job!

That turned out really nice!

I thought that would work out great for you!!!!That's exactly how I did my Barbie jumping out of the cake. Easy, and fun to do!!!Terrific job.