Protecting And Preserving Dummy Cakes
Decorating By jedmo01s Updated 7 Oct 2006 , 6:05pm by jedmo01s
Any suggestions about how to protect my dummy cakes/display cakes from little children who want to break a piece of royal icing off to see if the dummy cake is real. 
I teach Wilton classes at a local Hobby Lobby store, with no display case available, so all my dummy cakes come home smashed to pieces from stray kids who got away from their parents while the parents are shopping. I've been forced to display cakes on a table and was trying to find something that is huge and made of glass or something protective but still big enough to cover a 2 tier stacked dummy cake. I know an aquarium turned up-side-down might be big enough, but unattractive. I've even gone to restaurant supply stores to buy a display case, but non are big enough. Suggestions desperately Needed! 
Maybe go to Lowes or Home Depot and get them to cut you some plexiglass (not sure if that is spelled right) and use some kind of silicone to glue the edges together and make a big display box to put your cakes in? I know I have seen online somewhere the directions to making a large fish tank out of plexiglass and I am not sure if it was silicone or something else they used to "glue" the sides together. Im sure the people at Lowes or Home Depot can tell you what to use to "glue" the pieces together. Good luck!
~Sonya
I'm sorry that these unattended kids are ruining your cakes! What a shame that their parents or whoever is with them is not paying attention or holding them accountable. (GRRRR).
If you're going to display cakes at Hobby Lobby as part of your job there as an instructor, doesn't HL feel some responsibility towards finding a place and paying to have a safe place for the kids??? If they aren't willing to help you keep them safe, I think I'd be tempted to take them home and not bring any more back. I'm sure you've put endless hours into these cakes, only to have them ruined by little fingers that have no business touching them. 
hmmm...i'd like to know too...sounds like a good way to keep dust off it....
actually, i remember doing stained glass in like grade 6...we soldered the glass...i guess if u have all the equip, you could do that too....
I teach Wilton classes at a local store in my town. I was like you very frustrated that kids were breaking and sometimes trying to eat my hard work. My wonderful husband went to a local glass shop and had a case made for me. It is open in the back so I can push it against the wall to avoid those sticky little fingers, but still be able to access or change the cakes when I choose. My husband got a case that holds 2 (2 tiered cakes) for only $50. I don't know if this helps, but in my area it was cheaper to have someone make it for me. They will make it exactly to your dimensions. Good Luck!
A friend of mine, who was an WMI at Michael's in Staten Island (now a WMI in sunny California) surrounded her cakes with a clear piece of acetate--a little thicker than the kind florists wrap cut flowers in. I don't know where she purchased it--maybe a craft store or hardware store.
Thanks to all of you for the great tips. I will definitely try your suggestions to see which one works best. I may have to go to Lowe's today to see if they can help me build a case too. I will post "successes" or "not-so-successes" periodically to let you know what worked best.
By the way, was the clear acetate bunched up around the cake like fabric or was it attached to the cake like a protective film? That may be an temporary option I could try. 
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