I need to make two tiaras for a full sheet cake next week. After breaking about 4, I finally have a large one and now I need a smaller one for the other side of the cake because it's for a Miss/Little Miss Pageant. My question is this. I am placing the template on a Crisco can and putting waxed paper over it and going over it several times with royal icing...letting dry each time but still it breaks. Can someone tell me how long I should let it dry and harden before trying to remove it from the template and the can?
I've done royal icing tiaras for practice once. I made 2 of them - one broke and the other didn't. The first one broke as I was taking it off the can. I did a better job taking the second one off.
I took the tape off the corners and then let the waxed paper loosen from the can so it could move a little from side to side. I then tilted the can so the tiara and waxed paper would gently slide off the bottom. The one that I broke I tried to lift straight off by pulling on the waxed paper.
Also, I let mine dry for 24 hours - they were little ones and not very thick. IF you's are really thick and big - you may want to give it more time to dry.
Hope that helps a little.
Maybe I'm just not letting them dry quite long enough. I'll let them set a bit more. Thanks SLK. 
I just did my first one (in my photos). I did mine on the side of a tupperware pitcher. I was afraid of using a can because of the small lip on the bottom breaking it when I slid it off. I went over the design 3 to 4 times and let it dry overnight. It slid right off this morning no problems. I used reg. parchment paper. Try using something that gets smaller on the bottom so it'll slide off.
They have some great templates right here on CC. Just go to Galleries and look under patterns and templates.
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