Okay, how in the heck do you get those friggin wires to stay/work on cakes?? I've tried sticking straws in cakes which works a little bit, but what do I stuff in the hole?? I've done the "making fondant balls and try sticking the wire in it" trick, but the wire always slides or tears the fondant or the ball moves?? HELP, really want to know how to do this the right way because I think it's pretty neat!!
(BTW, this might be an easy answer, but when you're sleep deprived, nothing is easy!! )
Shouldn't the straws be "filled" with cake? I'm interested in this answer as I have a cake coming up that needs wires....hmmm...
yeah I am pretty interested myself .. I plan on using wires in a cake today actually...
I've done it once and it worked great. I used the small coffee stirers--swiped a few at a fast food place. It was great. They didn't move around at all. Maybe because they were so small. Who knows. Like I said I've only used them once on a baby shower cake top last month.
Good luck!
Melissa
Hmmmm, the coffee stirrers, I'll have to try that!!
I did a cake yesterday that took me know time to fondant, put fondant accents on, but when I got to the putting on of the wires; that had me up until 3am trying to get it right and I still didn't like it!!
My husband woke me up at 5:30am and told me to make the wires like a coil (duhhhhhhhh ), but I guess I was so sleepy, I forgot about that!!
Needless to say, the stinky wires still didn't want to stay in place!!
Does anyone know how Duff does his wires?? Sometimes it looks like he sticks them in fondant accents/balls, but other times, it looks like he just sticks it in the cake!!
I also use the small coffee straws. You can get green ones from starbucks...thou they are a bit larger than the red ones. You can also get them at the $tree stores in white and multi colored packs.
So, what, you stick the coffee stirrer in the cake, then stick the wire in that? Any other process to it? Any other support? I was planning on using wires in a cake this weekend and had no idea there was a process to it. I was just gonna stick 'em in the cake! lmao. I'm glad I saw this thread by mistake!!
I used suckers sticks. I made a hole with a paperclip (small) and pushed the wire inside. It work great. I will have to try the coffee stirrers. Less work.
I also use the small coffee straws. You can get green ones from starbucks...thou they are a bit larger than the red ones. You can also get them at the $tree stores in white and multi colored packs.
Hmm, the green ones sound good so you can see it better in the cake!! I can see me now, going to Starbucks to get me a Caramel Frappucino Light and coming out with 500 coffee stirrers that I stuffed into my purse!!
I always assumed that you would just stick the wire into the cake! Like KellyAnne1284, I too had no idea there was more to it than that!
Thanks for posting this question!
I just wanted to add that I had seen that trick posted here a long time ago. Also-- it keeps the wires from actually touching the cake.
Just kind-of eye ball it on the cake, and poke them in. Then I played around with the length of the wire, cut it and slipped it into the coffee stirer.
Let us know how it turns out!
Melissa
Ok, total newbie question....but....why can't the wires come into contact with the cake?
I have also used floral picks to hold them into place. That seems to work well too...I found white ones at Michaels and ACMoore
i always use a posie pick for the wires, and if the wires seem a little too loose and floppy i put a little fondant in the pick to hold the wires in place, but if i don't habve any posie picks then i use a straw with fondant pushed inside it, it always works well for me, and it is recomended that you don't put the wire directly into the cake as the moisture from the cake may make the wire rust.. wouldn't want to eat rusty cake..lol
kazz x
Ok, total newbie question....but....why can't the wires come into contact with the cake?
they're not food safe.
So on the one cake that i used wires on i used regular straws and I got them to work but wasn't as pleased as I would have like to be. Any who I have to try the smaller stir straws.
THANKS FOR ALL THE TIPS!
I'm sure glad someone asked about the wires. I'm making a cake for tuesday using wire. The las time I used wire, it tore the cke as the wire moved around and some of the stars on the ends slid down the wire even after the foundant dried. Do ya'll sandwich the wire between 2 of whatever your putting on the wires are do you roll out foundant thick and just the wire through the object.
lol a posie pick is just a little plastic tube which is pointy at one end so that you can push it into the cake, and it is used to put flowers on a cake so that the wires for the flowers are not touching the cake.. they come in a few different sizes, but if you don't have them then a straw is just as good,
HTH kazz
I am so sorry...I wrote flower picks but that is not at all what I meant now that I am thinking of what a flower pick is...I meant one of the little tubes that hold water for flowers....hmmm....floral watering tubes, I just looked it up they are called floral tubes....they have them in white at Micheals and AC Moore
Here are my tips to doing it:
use the small straw, like the coffee one. No need to take them from starbucks - you can buy them in the grocery store
curve them however you want them to look before you put them in. I put the 50/50 fondant/gumpaste ball or shape on the end and let it dry days before inserting it into the cake - therefore it is dry and won't fall off or the wire won't go through the end.
I use cardboard boards so I insert the wire in and push it all the way into the carboard base and it stays in place.
I do not sandwich the wire between two items - I roll the fondant/gumpaste a little thicker and insert the wire into it. I try to insert the straws and wire in the middle and place the top bow or decore around the places I inserted the straws.
Wow I had no idea that you just can't stick the wires into the cake, I've been doing it all along! Uh oh! .. I'm glad I seen this thread! Thanks for the heads up.
It also depends on the guage of wire you are using should the balls be heavy on the end like the ones Duff does. It is certainly a no no to put wires directly into the cake but I have seen them do it on TV programmes.
I do like the idea of coated chocolate wires on their base but would there be a risk of it coming off as you pushed them into the cake.
Like other posters I use the flower picks and poke fondant into the hole to hold them. Sometimes I use two and usually try and hide the top of the flower pick with tiny pearls or balls whatever matches the cake.
The one time I have done this I had problems covering the holes where I poked the floral pics into. and all I wanted was the wires with the stars showing...any good tips on this?
We had a visiting overseas lady selling her cutters and I bought these little mini tubes with the opening the size of a flower pick and she also supplied a little metal cutter to remove some of the cake and icing (like they do when they are testing cheese) pop the little tube in, fill with fondant icing and cut a circle of icing with the cutter and put in place smoothing it to hide hole. Hope you understand this.
Help!!!
I am making the balls with the bendy wires for my daughters wedding cake...well, I am going to try. So, let me understand this because this afternoon I was so mad ...the gumballs, gumpaste balls not gumballs, but I might try that if all else fails...fell off the wire (18 guage) and dropped like ripe figs to the counter!
The balls that stayed on the wires either cracked or decided to smash into other wires and make indents in themselves. I am going nuts and I haven't even stuck them in the cake yet! I made the balls and they flattened out while on the counter...how in the world do you keep them round??
Please tell me what I am doing wrong and what I can do to fix it or should I pitch it and start again.
I am ready for the nut farm and my hubby is packing my bags
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