Just when I thought I'd have a cake hiatus, someone wants a tea pot and tea cup cake. I have no idea where to start with this one. Can anyone tell how - show me pictures, give me hints. As many as possible - please!!!

And.... how many does a tea pot serve (if you're using the ball? pan?) and what do you charge for these?

I haven't done one but would love to try! For the teapot I would use Wiltons sport ball pan (round like a basketball) and form the spout and handle out of fondant or gumpaste. same for lid handle. tea cup can be a small half circle pan or cupcake carved to shape... again fondant or gumpaste for handle and saucer. I sure hope this helps! Post pics when you are done, I want to do one too!

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Hmm... I'm not sure how many they serve, one of my teapots was donated, and the other was for a cake show. Maybe 20?

Anyway, I used the ball pan for both of mine. I covered them in fondant, and used fondant for the spout, handle, & lid. For my teacups, I used mini cupcakes. They were more for show than anything, so they were mostly sugar anyway. I used caramelized sugar for the tea in both the pots and cups.

You can see them in my photos or on my website.

Good luck!

All good ideas. I think the sports ball pan only gets 10-15 servings, but I could be wrong about that. There is also the 3D soccer ball that is significantly bigger - it works the same way as the 3D sports ball pan, but could make a bigger teapot if you need the cake to serve more. Or you could put the smaller teapot on a sheet cake or a round cake.

You could also cut off the top and separately wrap that with fondant. I'd also suggest some kind of supports for the spout. Good luck!

Here is a tea set I did using the ball pan and mini wonder for the cups. I trimmed them to be more cup shape.
Pot handle & spout are fondant over foil (you could use rice krispies).
Cup handles are chocolate, as is "steam".
Saucers are from a chocolate mold but you could use a large cookie cutter.

I have a teapot and teacup set in my photos. I made the teapot using two bowls, baked cake in them, and sandwiched together. The cups were made by baking cakes in mugs and cups. The saucers are pastillage dried over saucers and decorated with royal icing. Each cup served about three people and the teapot about 12 so you may have to make a lot of cups! I really enjoyed making this cake - it was the second or third cake I ever made - so it can't have been that hard!