Hi,
I am doing my first ever 3D car this weekend and it's only my second paid cake soI really want to get it right. The shape is causing me a big headache as they have given me the photo of the car they want, but i will work that out.
My question is about the windows. I have a batch of piping gell that I have never used (not very sure what to do with it!). Can I cover the windows and headlights in the gell to get a reflective effect? I was worried about the angles of the windows and whether the gell would run over time and pool at the bottom.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions about this I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
Not sure about what will happen. Why not do a test? Get a small piece of card or plastic and cover it with sugarpaste or icing (whatever you're planning on covering the car cake with), put piping gel on it as you would for the windows. Then prop it up and see what happens...
HTH
Kelly
If you don't put a real thick layer on, the gel won't run. I made a wedding cake dummy with piping gel flowers on the sides. It's in my photos. The very first flower I put too thick a layer and it ran for the bottom of the cake, so I learned to spread it thinly, and it dried out nice and shiny and glassy.
Thanks for the advice folks.
The piping gell was weird - I didn't expect it to be so lumpy when I opened the tub. I ended up tinting the fondant for the windows then tinting a tiny amount of piping gell and brushing it over. I kinda worked, the windows just looked a bit wet!! 
It was just a slightly unsatisfactory end to a slightly unsatisfactory cake. It is the car cake in my gallery, turned out a bit scrappy as I was working very cautiously and not as attentive to detail as I could have.
Then my 4 year old poked a hole in the roof. I could have cried, but I am off to have a big drink and a big easter egg instead.
Can i get that recipe for the clear candy? I think that's a really good idea for windows. I need to make a bunch of them soon and it will come in handy. 
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