I am making a closed book cake and I'm not sure about a couple of things. How should I make the cover of the book so that it overhangs on the pages without drooping? Do I need to make it early so it dries hard? Also, is the back cover an entire sheet of fondant or just a strip on the bottom edges. Thanks for any tips. I tried to send a PM to a couple of people but I guess not everyone visits this site as often as I do. 
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I'm no expert, but I will try to help. I just made a bookworm cake. It's in my pictures. The back cover was only a strip put around 3 sides. for the cover itself, I rolled the fondant fairly thick and cut if to be just slightly larger then the cake I did not let it dry because It needed to drape down over the side for the heel of the book. You have to be sure that you don't have alot hanging over the sides or it will droop, but if it's only about 1/4 inch over hang it should be ok. HTH.
I just watched Michelle Bommarito make a cake like this on the Food Network. She actually carved a strip out where the pages go so they would be recessed a little. She used three seperate strips for the pages and then used scissors to fray and blend the corners. The cover of the book was one large piece of fondant wrapped up the side and over the front. She also used a rubber stamp to emboss the cover before putting it on the cake. This cake is featured in People Magazine's wedding issue. You can see it on their website. HTH!
I measured my fondant to overhang about a 1/4 of an inch over the cake. Also, do not roll your fondant too thin. Letting it hang about 1/4 inch over will not cause it to droop, if the fondant is thick enough. I did not use an entire piece of fondant for the bottom of the book, I just let the fondant overlap the bottom edge of the book. You can check out my book cakes in my photos. They were my first books.
Hope that helps,
Cynita
OK, so let me make sure I understand....the book binder part is only fondant. I am trying to figure out if the fondant was overlapping some type of cardboard. Is the binder part one piece only? You make it flat and then fold the cake into it?
Just want to make sure I understand before I depart on this interesting adventure!
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i have done a couple of these, i cut pieces for the pages and place them on three sides. the top cover is one large piece cut about a quarter of an inch larger for overhang and to cover the binding side. the bottom is just like the others have said, a strip to lay at the base, and it appears to be a back cover. dont forget to make the pages realistic with a pizza cutter or sharp unserrated knife as it is still soft. dusting it with luster dusts adds a nice touch too.
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I saw a lady doing this once before (loong before i even thought of decorating) and i was so impressed. She covered the cake with fondant, used a buthers knife to "vain" the pages and then she also just put another layer of fondant from the "back"(Shoulder) to the top cover with a slight bit exctra. She seemed it to the inside and used the balling tool to emboss the edge. I"ll upload my attempt in my pictures just know. I also dusted my sides with luster gold, but with my open bible i used two shades of gold. Dusted with the one and paint witht he other to get a nice effect.
BTW, i'm only a beginner.
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