Okay, I'm about to do an "It's A Big, Big World" cake for my 1st little guy's 2nd birthday and I would like to put in a jello pond set into the cake under the "World Tree". 
I understand the Jello technique, from searching the forums. My question is this: what would you put in the base of the pond (before the jello) if I were using fondant? Would I place the MM fondant across the entire cake (pushing the fondant into the scooped out pond space) and then put the jello in that? Or would that make the fondant "gloopy", and bleed the jello color into the fondant outside of the pond?
I am open to any ideas, as I am in the planning stages of this cake still.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Monica
What is very very simple is make 1cm dip and just smoth a thin layer of gel slightly tinted the effect is wonderful I used it for the frog in my photos wiltons clear gel is great but remember it remains tacky, and little fingers are attracted to it. Jello with fondant will definetly bleed so jello needs to be almost set I should image.
I would really like to use the jello, rather than the gel. Could I put something else in the bottom of the pond (other than fondant)? Buttercream?
I am just worried about the jello making the cake squishy under the "pond" and the jello bleeding into the fondant at the top edges of the "pond".
Thanks for the ideas.
Monica
If you really want to use jello, yes, I would put buttercream under it in the pond. I have done a jello bath tub before and it did make the cake mushy underneath. I am not sure about the bleeding part onto the fondant, I would not think there would be a problem.
I know you want to use jello, but I too would recommend the piping gel technique. When I did the jello bathtub, it made the cake mushy all around and nobody wanted the jello part, that whole part went to waste. People just wanted cake, not jello.
I've not tried this, but why not dig a hole and drop in a small plastic container, like a small margarine tub, with the sides cut so they aren't so tall?? Does that make sense?
I'm attaching a picture (NOT MINE) of a cake done by someone else and I think they did something like that. I really wish I knew who did this cake. They did a great job on it.
Good Luck!
water and oil usually don't mix (well until you toss crisco and water in a KA and beat them!)
so buttercream might work better...
although, I'd probably do fondant and then grease is up w/ crisco, being sure to put in jello after it was well thickened.
i'd color either BC or fondant under the jello to match color of jello
and after lining the pond, I'd leave a small GAP between the pond and the rest of the cake, could fill the gap w/ "dirt" (crushed oreo outsides) or sand (curshed graham crakers or vanilla wafers or brown sugar or mix of two/three), or even outline w/ black licorice whips.
looking forward to the pics!
HTH
I just checked out the kraft site and if you look at the cakes "under the sea" and Jello "Dive on In" cake you'll find instructions. The "Dive on In" cake also has a video clip on how to do it. It looks like you don't need to frost the pool at all. There are other great cake recipes on this site as well.
Jacqui
I haven't tried this, but it seems to me you could use the Jell-O blox recipe. It drastically cuts the amount of water used. You would then wait for it to start setting up, and then fill the pool on a very cold cake. Next put the whole thing back in the fridge to cool. What do you think???
I haven't tried this, but it seems to me you could use the Jell-O blox recipe. It drastically cuts the amount of water used. You would then wait for it to start setting up, and then fill the pool on a very cold cake. Next put the whole thing back in the fridge to cool. What do you think???
Can you please post this rescipe if you have it?
I have never heard about this technique but I love the way ot looks and now that I've seen it and can' t wait to try it. Can someone please post a link to any forum discussions about this subject I can't find any.
Thanks
Jackie
I use a slightly different recipe for Blox.
Use a double-size box of Jello, and 1 packet of the Knox powder. Mix the two together, and add the 2 cups Boiling water. Dissolve (it takes a few seconds longer). Add the 2 cups cold liquid, pour into whatever pan you like, and put in fridge.
The result is just like the recipe for Knox Blox, but it's cheaper because it makes a larger amount.
My preschool kids used to love them.
Thank you all for all of the great ideas! I am going to probably use a little of each of them to come up with a "super pond" that won't bleed into my fondant and won't make the cake "mushy" either. I am playing with candy sculpting (hard-crack candy), and I may line the "pond" with that, and put the jello in the "candy liner". Wish me luck & keep an eye out for my pics.
Thanks again,
Monica
Hello all,
I know it's been about 6 months since I did this cake, but here it is. I ended up giving up on the candy pond idea and went with the jello, shaped pond. The shape came out okay, but not great. So the water ended up being stirred up blue jello. It came out really cute. Thanks for all of the help!
OMG! 
Monica your cake is SO great! Are you kidding me not that great???? What cake are you looking at 
If you don't mind me asking....how did you make those great trees????
Thanks! I was pretty proud of it...I LOVE MM FONDANT! Anyway, I had tree issues...how to do them, etc. I finally decided to get a dowel (ended up using a large wooden BBQ skewer), and lots of foil. I made a ring of foil and built onto it until it was the right size. The tree trunk is foil wrapped with brown fondant. The tree levels, themselves, are the foil with green icing and shredded coconut dyed green pasted onto the green icing. I slid the segments onto the dowel to make the tree. The tree leaned a bit after sticking it down into the cake, but that made it even more authentic, since the Big Big World tree leans a bit. The most difficult part: sculpting the creatures of the world tree out of clay and painting them the night before...so tired...LOL
Happy Baking,
Monica
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