Ok so i want to build up my portfolio, but i really cant keep making cakes everyweekend with no one to eat them, so i ordered some cake dummies.
Im going to do my first design next weekend.
Can anyone share any tips on applying the fondant and assembling the cakes?
TIA
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Zakia
The dummies i ordered have straight edges!! How do you shave them down? 
There was a thread this morning about shaving the dummy egdes. Apparently, you can use a nail file and shaved down the edges on the top and the bottom so that the fondant will not tear.
Here is the thread
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-487403-dummies.html
Hope its useful...
Sand the entire dummy (and round your top edge) with medium gauge sand paper. Doesnt take long but is important if you want a smooth finish 
To apply the fondant spray a fine mist with a water bottle onto the dummy just before applying the fondant. HTH!!
We also put a tiny amount of Crisco on the dummy to hold it on better. I was easy to get off when we changed over too. Just a little money saver: Do the background of the cake white 1st with your design. Then you can pull off that design and spray the cake a color. When you spray it, it hides the defects and you don't have to use tons of fondant up. Hope this helps! You also only have to decorate one side of the cake for photos!
Some people have suggested that rolling the top edge on the counter will round the top without pieces of styrfoam going everywhere. Styrofoam seems to have an unreal amount of static electricity.
Michele
just wondering, why do you sand the entire dummy??
Sorry should have clarified that, since its a dummy you dont need the regular thickness to cover (saves money) but it you are going to do a thinner layer you need a very smooth surface underneath (styrofoam usually has those little dimples that will can come through with a thinner layer). I use about half the fondant I would normally use on a real cake when working on a dummy cake.
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