I made my first fondant bow for a baby shower cake this morning. I think it turned out terrible! 
The bows themselves looked ok. I did half fondant/gumpaste and made them yesterday. I had a 8" pink round cake that the bow went on top of. The bow was brown and pink. My pink bc i used to paste didn't match, so I had to choose between too bright pink or white. I've seen so many photos of beautifully pieced bows. They look like they were assembled wet, because I don't see any 'glue'. But obviously they need to dry on their sides to maintain the loop. Can anyone help with these details? thanks- tina
Ok Im not real good at explaining, I do mine in GP but a lot have had great success with just a 50/50 gp and fondant mix. I make my loops and let them dry...doesn't take long at all with gumpaste. On their sides. On the two that I have done I have made the same color Royal icing and used that...I'd put a blob on wax paper and do my first layer then another glob and put my next layer proping them up with tissue paper or paper towels...and on and on...then where the royal shows (same color anyways but it bothers me) I put some little gp twirlie things that I make out of thin cut gp or fondant twisted around a dowel and let dry..makes for a fun presentation.
HTH
I learned a really neat trick on the bows. I make the 50/50 mix and form the bows and when attaching the 2 ends of the loop together with egg white or gum glue, I put on of those flat top fancy wood toothpicks in between so the toothpick sticks out the bottom. It kind of looks like a loop lollipop. When they are dry, I can stick them directly in the cake wherever I want and don't have to worry about making a middle glob to hold them in place.
I do it for all the bows I have made in the past year and will never go back!!!
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