Hi everyone at CC, I hope someone can help me with this.
I am making a an Egypt themed cake. it will be covered in fondant with some pyramids on top made out of fondant, and i want to disguise the joins at the bottom of the pyramid with "sand". My first thought is brown sugar but the cake has to be transported and i'm sure the sugar will slide off.
What can i use as little sand dunes/ piles of sand to hide the bottom of the pyramids that will stick to the cake and stay put while it's being moved?
Thanks in advance for any ideas or help
hmmm........ nope i'm completely stumped!
ok so i'll try to research the vanilla wafers and see if i can find anything over here - not much hope though!!
in the meantime
are there any other ideas? is there a way to make the sugar stick without dissolving? or is there anything else i could use?
oh what about the wafer/ biscuity, things we put in the bottom of trifles?
mckaren, I did a beach cake that used brown sugar for sand and it didn't budge. It was on buttercream, but if you end up at a loss for anything else to use, you can always do the brown sugar and put a thin layer of buttercream underneath to hold it in place more.
mckaren you can use any kind of a plain vanilla cookie/bisquit. Just crush it up in the food processor and it will be sandy. Dont use anything that has nuts or a coating on it.
Graham crackers will work just fine. I used them for the beach themed cake in my Gallery.
Graham crackers would work well too!
Recently I used white sugar (granulated) and mixed in a bit of brown gel coloring. The coloring is hard to mix in but once it's mixed it looks a lot like sand and it is a little damp so it hardens and stays put. I have never had a problem with it moving.
It's on the fish cake in my photos. Good luck!
Graham crackers aren't available in the UK but they are very similar to digestive biscuits. I would use light brown sugar for sand. A little meri-white mixed with water or a thin layer of buttercream should hold it in place.
I love vanilla oreos for sand. When you crush them up the creme in the center not only makes the sand taste great but it holds together a little which works out great! I have a parfait in the gallery in which I used the oreos and even stuck a little umbrella into it!
I love vanilla oreos for sand. When you crush them up the creme in the center not only makes the sand taste great but it holds together a little which works out great! I have a parfait in the gallery in which I used the oreos and even stuck a little umbrella into it!
We don't get oreos in the UK either but I suppose something like our custard cremes may do the same job
MissBaritone, I am curious but strangly alarmed at the thought of Graham crackers being like digestive biscuits. Im sure the biscuits are actually very tasty but it just sounds soo...... medical?!? 
Thanks alot! Now every time I eat Graham crackers I am going to think of your digestive biscuits! 
MissBaritone, I am curious but strangly alarmed at the thought of Graham crackers being like digestive biscuits. Im sure the biscuits are actually very tasty but it just sounds soo...... medical?!?
Thanks alot! Now every time I eat Graham crackers I am going to think of your digestive biscuits! 
just shows the language difference. At times I think we need a forum where we can just put translations of each others terms and names for different products
We have digestive biscuits in Canada as well and let me tell you they have nothing medical about them! They are just the most wonderful things to munch on and are really excellent with chocolate on one side! I don't buy them very often because my family eats them far too quickly! 
We have digestive biscuits in Canada as well and let me tell you they have nothing medical about them! They are just the most wonderful things to munch on and are really excellent with chocolate on one side! I don't buy them very often because my family eats them far too quickly!
I agree, chocolate digestives are one of the best munchie foods ever!!!
Thank you soooooo much to everyone for your advice. I'm going to try all of your suggestions before the cake is due next weekend. I'll post a pic when it's done.
Thanks CC 
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