Need Help On My First Fondant Cake
Decorating By stephie_lsw Updated 20 Sep 2007 , 7:57am by Hollyanna70
Hi.
I'm making my first fondant Noddy cake for my son's birthday and is now practising before the event.
Attached pic is my 'trial run'. The car is cake covered in fondant while noddy is made of modelling paste. I'm having the below problems:
1. wheels become detached from the car after a day. Is it because i've not put enough water to stick the wheels onto the car?
2. wheels become out of shape (no longer round) and seems to get weighed down after a while. Is it because the wheels were not dry before i stick them on the car?
3. Noddy keeps 'falling' over. This in spite of the fact that i have inserted a spagetti strand to hold the body and head. Is there anythg i could do abt this??
Really would appreciate your advice as I really want to create a beautiful cake for my son....TIA!
I'm not an expert by any means, but you may want to consider using skewers to attach your wheels to the car. Lift the tires up a bit so they're a little bit more suspended. This will help take some of their own weight off of them and maybe they won't loose their shape. You may also want to use a little fondant "glue" (Fondant watered down to glue consistency) or even butter cream to help stick the tires to the car.
As far as Noddy is concerned, if he is still a little soft, he may need to harden up a little more. He may just need more support. That stuff gets pretty heavy to support itself!!
I hope this makes sense!! Well, I can picture it in my mind anyway!
Very cute! My first time using fondant, I had the same problem w/large, round figures collapsing under their own weight. I discovered that using a) gumtex in your fondant or b) a 50/50 mix of fondant/gumpaste will help thick objects like these dry much faster, before they have a chance to collapse on themselves. Since your wheels are flat on the sides (like most wheels) you could dry them laying down. But really, if they are 100% fondant, they will take a long time to firm up.
Other than that...what "they" said! The previous posters gave you some solid advice, esp. about the fondant glue. If you want to keep everything edible, you may need a few more spaghetti strands to anchor Noddy into the car, in addition to cementing him in with some fondant glue.
I don't think you have any worries about creating a beautiful cake for your son; your test cake is darling!
Thks so much for the invaluable advice! I will try again and see how it goes!
Also, if you can't get the wheels to work right, you could make them out of rice krispie treats, then cover that in a small smear of icing, then fondant. They would be a lot lighter than solid fondant, and they'll hold their shape, plus you don't have to wait as long for the fondant to dry.
I'm afraid I don't have any advice on Noddy. I haven't attempted fondant sculptures yet, but I think you've got some wonderful advice already, and your cake is absolutely adorable! Your son will love it!
Hope this helps,
Holly
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