How Do I Preserve A Fake Cake To Keep As An Example?
Decorating By smediagirl Updated 3 Aug 2007 , 7:48pm by CelebrationCakery
New and want to keep some to put around for brides to see but don't want the bugs to come as well any tips would be great!! 
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I'm no pro, but I did do one top tier dummy cake. It was a 6" round styrofoam dummy covered in fondant and decorated with royal icing flowers and borders. I've kept it in my glass showcase in my livingroom and haven't had any problems except dust! It's been there about 9 months.
Royal icing keeps just about forever! Just make sure it's not exposed to sunlight or it might fade.
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I would use Permaice. It's made for fake cake displays. You can order it here
http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?product=CD0200PA
or you may be able to find it at a cake supply store.
If you find it hard to handle, add a little water.
I am in love with my cake top. Just celebrated my first year of marriage, and kept the cake top. The gumpaste flowers are so well done, so beautiful. I can't bring myself to throw them away.
is there a way to preserve the flowers? Can I spray something on them or paint them with something clear that wont eat/dissolve the gumpaste?
Preserving fondant threads:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-208601-.html
HTH
I use BC directly on the styros .... sit them on display ... they sit there for months, looking just as good as the first day I made them.
I'm not sure where people get the idea that they will mold or get bugs. My BC dries hard as a rock. Mold grows in dark, moist places, so unless you wrap it in plastic while it's still moist and throw it in a dark closet, it's going to be fine.
People get the idea of bugs because bugs are attracted to food and well, buttercream IS a food and sugar no less.
The ants sure like the hardened icing they find it my kitchen. Royal, bc, fondant...you name it, they gather.
I've had my cake dummy out for over six months now and just like the others the only problem I'm having is keeping the dust of of it. It a fondant dummy w/buttercream scrolls and royal icing roses. It just sits out on my bar in the kitchen w/no problems. Still looks the same.
i agree if you have ants they will find anything sweet even if its hard frosting. i had ants that chewed through the plastic wrapper on cookies to get in an eat them
I made a "fake cake" last summer...it held up very well. I used styrofoam for the tiers and light weight plaster...needed to sand it down to make is smooth but that works too if you just need one for display...
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