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juliet Posted 22 Mar 2005 , 10:06pm
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Hello. I want to do a cake I saw that has sugar cookies stuck all over the sides. Can I use buttercream icing and stick the cookies with royal icing? Is the buttercream gonna be able to sustain the weight? Thanx for your repplies

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cakeconfections Posted 22 Mar 2005 , 10:28pm
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I dont know if buttercream is strong enought to hold it. I know some use royal icing as a form of glue. I would make it thick rather then thing.

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cakeconfections Posted 22 Mar 2005 , 10:28pm
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I dont know if buttercream is strong enought to hold it. I know some use royal icing as a form of glue. I would make it thick rather then thing. I suppose you could even use melted candy melts.

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nashsmom Posted 22 Mar 2005 , 11:31pm
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In my Wilton 2004 yearbook, it shows cakes attached on the sides of cakes and the instructions say to attach with icing. I would think royal or cookie icing would hold.

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GHOST_USER_NAME Posted 23 Mar 2005 , 12:54am
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I used buttercream to attach the cookies to my Homer Simpson 50th birthday cake. The pic is in the birthday cake gallery...but God only knows where! Sorry!

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diane Posted 23 Mar 2005 , 12:50pm
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i use royal icing for that...it dries hard. i guess it would depend on how big the cookie is too.

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GHOST_USER_NAME Posted 23 Mar 2005 , 12:59pm
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I can see royal icing used to attach cookies to a fondant covered cake, but if the cake is covered in buttercream, I would use buttercream to attach the cookies. I failed to state in my last post that when I did this, not one cookie fell off.

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flayvurdfun Posted 23 Mar 2005 , 1:46pm
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A friend of mine got my buttercream recipe (actually its Wilton's) but anyway, she iced the whole back to a gingerbread cookie and placed it on the sides of a rectangular cake, and it stayed but I dont know how much she put.... she was just messing around....

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GHOST_USER_NAME Posted 24 Mar 2005 , 10:44am
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I've just used buttercream the couple of times I've done it. I kind of pressed it into the cake without damaging the icing on the cake.

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MrsMissey Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 12:36am
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Mix a ball of fondant in with water to create a a thick soupy mixture.. this is a great form of glue to attach something to fondant.

Another option is piping gel..it's a great glue to hold something to buttercream!

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juliet Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 3:38am
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Thanks for all the ideas. I think for the weight I'll probablly use fondant. Hopefully it works out!

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tcturtleshell Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 4:29am
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jscakes Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 4:36am
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tcturtleshell Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 5:08am
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Jackie Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 5:15am
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flayvurdfun Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 6:13am
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flayvurdfun Posted 25 Mar 2005 , 6:15am
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