Cake newbie here!!
What kind of styrofoam do you use?
Does a floral oasis/foam work?
Can I round off the edges somehow?
Do I dowel them together?
Like to do a 2 tier round anniversary cake (sheet cakes for cutting)
(Working on the test, ie, "eating" cakes this weekend..yum)
I live 6 hours away, and thought this would be the best way to prepare before hand, and easier transport.
TIA!
you can order cake dummies from online shops or bakery crafts. I tried to find the shapes I needed before at stores like Michaels but for me it was a no go. If you can find it then i'm sure it will work. Brush it with corn syrup before applying fondant so it sticks better. And you can dowel them together as well.
hope this helps
kind: the white stuff that's stiff
two sources of premade:
> http://www.dallas-foam.com/store/
&
> http://www.taylorfoam.com/taylorfoam_com/door/
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rounding: just use pressure of metal object or sandpaper
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dowel -- yes you can or can glue them together too -- use the special glue made for this -- hot melt glue will do just that -- melt them!
I just use regular styrofoam from a craft store so not sure about the floral oasis. Yes, round the edges with light sandpaper or your fondant with rip...some people also press the edges against a countertop to round them out. You can just use water(lightly spritzed) on the styrofoam to get the fondant to stick...works fabulous and not as fussy as using royal icing. If you use royal icing in between the tiers you won't have a problem with them coming apart... it's the best 'glue'. Cake should travel good. I also use royal icing under the bottom tier to attach it to the base so basically it's all one piece.
Good luck!
When I did my styrofoam cakes I just got the size round flats I needed and then I hot glued a few of them together to get the height of cake I wanted. Then to put the fondant on I just we it a little with water.
you can see my Purple wedding cake in my photos. That is a styrofoam cake.
I am sure that if you were doing a tiered cake to show pillars then you would want to dowel them. I think that stacking them is pretty sturdy if you just use hot glue. Just my opinion though.
Even with shipping charges, I find getting styrofoam dummies from http://www.dallas-foam.com/store/ works out cheaper than getting them from my local cake decorating store.
I get all my dummies from Dallas Foam.Shipping is high but its still cheaper than getting them(if you can find the shapes) from the hobby store. I also heard instead of wasting all that fondant on a dummy. you can use royal icing. Just put it on with a spatula,smooth it then sand it when its dry. Keep painting it on (make it thinner) until you have it the way you want it. Any one else hear about this or use it. Im doing a HUGH cake in the next 2 weeks and wanted to try this.
I get all my dummies from Dallas Foam.Shipping is high but its still cheaper than getting them(if you can find the shapes) from the hobby store. I also heard instead of wasting all that fondant on a dummy. you can use royal icing. Just put it on with a spatula,smooth it then sand it when its dry. Keep painting it on (make it thinner) until you have it the way you want it. Any one else hear about this or use it. Im doing a HUGH cake in the next 2 weeks and wanted to try this.
You can use Royal icing or PermaIce. They just dry quickly so you need work fast.
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