I have to put a number standing on top of a cake. How do you all do that? Are there supports,toothpick,wires,pros of and kind. Or do you just poke it into the cake a little and thats all?
Also can I use fondant? I dont have any gumpaste/gumtext and dont know that ratio to mix either.
So much to learn
Thank you so much in advance
Christine
fondant will work IF it has plenty of time to harden -- tho' it will never get as stiff as gumpaste. Humidity will also cause problems.
if you can get gumpaste mix 50/50 w/ fondant or just use straight.
you might want to consider doing royal icing.
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yes, use wires or toothpicks to help old it up -- put support in when first formed and allow to harden around the support.
I just put my first standing thing on a cake - it was a letter T with a butterfly glued on. I slid a floral wire up into the T before it dried. Then, when ready to place in the cake, I slid one of those very, very thin straws (think coffee stirrer or sometimes they're served with cocktails) down into the cake where I wanted the T to go, then placed the wire from the T into the straw. I was concerned the wire would tear through the cake, so having it in the thicker straw eased my concerns. It worked perfectly - the T didn't wobble at all.
Best of luck!
Christy
This week I made a train birthday cake for my son, with the letters for his name across the top of the train cars. I used royal icing, with candy sticks. I was afraid they would be too heavy for toothpicks. I was very surprised at how easy it was to do. It was the first time I had done anything like that. I did do them several days ahead of time to allow them to get really hard. I don't have the picture in my photos yet, sorry. Good Luck!
I just put my first standing thing on a cake - it was a letter T with a butterfly glued on. I slid a floral wire up into the T before it dried. Then, when ready to place in the cake, I slid one of those very, very thin straws (think coffee stirrer or sometimes they're served with cocktails) down into the cake where I wanted the T to go, then placed the wire from the T into the straw. I was concerned the wire would tear through the cake, so having it in the thicker straw eased my concerns. It worked perfectly - the T didn't wobble at all.
Best of luck!
Christy
That is what I was afraid of! I am going to get my hands on some coffee straws today! Great Idea
You could also use the candy clay recipe on here. I made a cake last weekend for a 50th birthday. My gumpaste didn't set & Saturday morning I was freaking out, wondering what I was going to do, since I had to have to cake delivered by 4:00. It saved the day. It set up really fast. Here is a picture of it.
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