Character Sculpting With Gum Paste And/or Fondant...
Decorating By bday789 Updated 15 Nov 2013 , 12:00am by -K8memphis
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Pudding basins for the body and a Pyrex or similar tea cup used on it's side for the head. These make a good basis for the cake without having to sculpture too much. Ears and embellishments from sugar or modelling paste. Pudding basins and tea cups can be your best friends when making upright cakes that are out of the norm.
ASo I think this thread fits my question best. I'm trying to make school mascots for a cake im getting ready to make. Everyone is telling me to use gum paste but im worried it wont dry in time, due to the three inch round ball I need to use. Is it a crazy idea to use gum paste for that big of a ball, and if so what would you recommend? Thanks
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So I think this thread fits my question best. I'm trying to make school mascots for a cake im getting ready to make. Everyone is telling me to use gum paste but im worried it wont dry in time, due to the three inch round ball I need to use. Is it a crazy idea to use gum paste for that big of a ball, and if so what would you recommend? Thanks
just big solid blob of gumpaste or fondant does not sound like a good idea to me either--
i think i would make a rice krispie treat ball--scrape it smooth with a micro plane and wrap it with a mixture of fondant + conrstarch -- it will be very yummy edible too--i mean technically gum paste is edible too but dry fondant is much better imo--
you might could cover a big cake ball--all glued up with chocolate or something--
if you've never used fondant then i'll add that it needs to be well kneaded to get it ready--and for an amount i'd say a coupla tablespoons of cornstarch into a blob big enough to cover the 3" ball--that's how i would do it--
best to you
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