Fondant Curly Cues

Decorating By meghanb Updated 13 Apr 2006 , 2:52pm by cakesbyallison

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meghanb Posted 12 Apr 2006 , 6:46pm
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Is there an article somewhere on how to make them, or can someone please fill me in?
I made some last weekend, and they either stuck to the lollipop stick I formed them on, or they just broke. Actually, they were stuck and I broke them trying to get them off. icon_sad.gif
And what to you use to stick them in the cake?
Thanks.

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LeeAnn Posted 12 Apr 2006 , 6:53pm
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Perhaps you need to put a thin layer of vegetable fat on what ever you are wrapping them around good luck and dont roll too tight so they ease off. Plus always make extra because they will break.

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lsawyer Posted 12 Apr 2006 , 6:56pm
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Try putting some cornstarch on your sticks Maybe slide the stick off when they're semi-dried? (As long as they'll still hold their shape.) I would make the end of the curl straight/pointed so that I could just push it into the cake. Or, you could attach a stick/skinny skewer to the end to push into the cake.

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crisseyann Posted 13 Apr 2006 , 3:51am
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Funny.... I just saw this post and went through the very same thing at my Wilton 3 class last night. My curli-ques were sticking to the dowel rods I was using. Someone in our class used clean, unsharpened pencils to wrap them around. I tried it and they slid right off, no sticking at all. There is a pic in my album of the curli-ques. HTH

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golfgirl1227 Posted 13 Apr 2006 , 3:54am
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I used my paintbrushes to wrap them around. They came off just fine.

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Tweedy Posted 13 Apr 2006 , 4:13am
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I used bamboo knitting needles and had no problem with the curls sliding off. icon_smile.gif

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meghanb Posted 13 Apr 2006 , 1:18pm
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Thanks! I will have to try wrapping them around something different next time.

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cakesbyallison Posted 13 Apr 2006 , 2:52pm
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I wrap mine around straws or the plastic dowels. I've never had a problem w/ them sticking...

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