I'm planning to make a cake for a friend's 40th birthday party. I'm copying the idea from some cakes posted this site. I want the cake to have a bra on it and say "Joanne is 40, give her some support". I am pretty new to decorating, so I'm not sure how to do this. Should I just mold fondant on something round?Or will it crack as it dries? I could get an edible image of a bra. If I make the cups higher than the cake will the edible image be ruined?
Thanks, I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
Hey, I am actually working on one for tomorrow! I made my bra cups from gumpaste and put them on small bowls turned upside down (dusted w/cornstarch first) to dry. I found some great stainless bowls at Ikea that have really rounded bottoms and they work great for molding round things. I've also heard people use the wonder mold by Wilton, I think. I don't have one of those, though. I just put some lace appliques on last night around the tops of the cups, also in gumpaste. I'm going to make the straps from fondant, I think, or half fondant and half gumpaste. So I can't show you my final outcome, but it is working so far! I'm still a littler nervouse, though! Here's a website that has several to look at with and without lace: http://www.thecakecorner.com/red_album_008.htm. I'm going to paint mine with luster dust.
I have just looked at pictures and made it up as I went along. There were some forum posts on this that I also looked at. Hopefully someone else has more info for you!
Okay, I just tried the link myself and it didn't work. Go to the homepage: http://www.thecakecorner.com/, click on gallery, then novelty.
IMHO Fondant is the way to go. You can actually use cupcakes or mini wondermold pan and make some "boobs" for the bra that will sit directly on the top of the cake. I know there have been some bra patterns posted that you might be able to search for. Good luck and post pics!
We'll see! I'm so nervous! It's a gift box, never done one, with a gumpaste bow, never made one, with bra and panties, never done those either! Gumpaste is more elastic than fondant. You can roll it really thin and it dries pretty fast. I haven't worked with it much, though. I did use it to make tissue paper for my gift box. It took a few tries to get the hang of it.
Good luck, I hope your bra turns out great!
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