Hi!
Just looking for ideas for making a perfect, square box cake.
I have to make a Tiffany box for a bridal shower in July .
What about fondant panels?
Thanks in advance!
How do you make the lid, if you just cover the square cake to make a box?
You can cover styrofoam with Fondant. On my Heart Box, I actually used another layer of cake.
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For a closed box cover your cake then cut another square smaller and drape over the top to appear as a cover as best shown in my hat box because of contrast colors.
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HTH 
On my Tiffany cake I covered the sides first then I cut a piece of slightly thicker fondant the size of the cake top plus1" all around. This folded over the edge to form the lid.
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My fondant was a little too thin. I think thicker would have looked neater and then my bottom side wouldn't have bulged...live & learn it was my first box cake/ first fruit filled cake. My bows were also too thin so make sure yours are a little thicker.
Check the gallery there are much nicer Tiffany cakes there. One by Fran??? is just perfect!
I have also seen other cakes where you cover the entire cake in fondant and then do strips of fondant around the top edges to look like the sides of the lid.
Thank you ,everybody!
Any more links for pictures?
Here is a link to a topic/tutorial Fairytale did for a hatbox. Not sure if it will be much help for you, but it is very informative!!
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-215781.html
And here is a link to the Tiffany boxes in the galleries. If you find one you really like, you can PM the person who made it and see if they have any tips for you on how they did it=) 100% of the time, they have sent me a PM back=) HTH some, Jen
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I made a gift box cake last year and I made the lid using gumpaste. Here is how I did it.
I used the same pan that I baked the cake in. I simply inverted it and dusted the bottom with cornstarch. I then rolled out my gumpaste and draped it over the base of the cake pan and smoothed it all out. Once I had the gumpaste all in position I trimmed the edges of the box lid using a sharp knife. I then constructed the bow directly on the gumpaste base. I left the lid of the box on the pan to dry overnight.
I did this the evening prior to delivering the cake and it was not fully dried so I would suggest doing this a few days in advance. I slipped a cake board underneath of the base of the lid then I used chopsticks to support the lid so it appeared to be open.
I used a shorter chopstick in the back and then two longer ones in the front.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
Here is a link to the cake I made using this method.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=43231
Thank you all for your suggestions.It was really helpful!
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