An Easier Way To Do The Trims On A Purse Cake?

Decorating By Gapi Updated 18 Apr 2007 , 5:41pm by Gapi

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Gapi Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 2:28pm
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Is there????? What I do is just roll the fondant like a sausage until the desired thickness. When I roll it too thin it breaks. I hate having different thickness.

Thanks!

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sweetcakes Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 2:35pm
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the clay gun is great for this, it extrudes the fondant at an even thickness. ifyou dont have one you can try rolling your fondant using a flat cookie sheet or something instead on your hands.

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gypsycake Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 2:36pm
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What I have used to borders like that is the sugarcraft gun. It has worked wonderful for me. Here is link to where I got mine form. http://beryls.safeshopper.com/216/cat216.htm?599

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Gapi Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 2:48pm
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Thanks sweetcakes and gypsycake. I guess it might be a good idea to invest on the clay gun.

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bkdcakes Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 2:53pm
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Gapi - I use a PlayDoh Fun Factory, with the interchangeable shape that goes on it. I grease it up really well with Crisco, inside & out, then run my fondant through it. It has worked really well for me & I only paid $5 for it at Dollar General. I am starting on a purse & suitcase cake this weekend for the 28th, so I'll see how it works for that!

HTH!

Brenda

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KimAZ Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 4:10pm
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I use a little green plastic clay gun I got at Michaels for under $5. It has lots of different discs and works great. They sell metal ones there too.

KimAZ

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MissyTex Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 5:14pm
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Definitely get a clay gun. I love mine, but sometimes it is tough to extrude the fondant. Next time I use it I'm going to try to soften up the fondant with a lot of shortening.

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Gapi Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 5:41pm
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Thanks bkdcakes, KIMAZ and MissyTex. Before thinking on buying a clay gun I´ll check the other options.

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