Non-Fondant Bow On Cake

Decorating By chocomama Updated 24 Sep 2007 , 12:26am by alanahodgson

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chocomama Posted 22 Sep 2007 , 5:00pm
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A potential customer wants a large bow on the top of her wedding cake (covered in BC) but doesn't want fondant. She wants it to look like a Tiffany bow. Is there anything I could use that wouldn't get shortening stains on it?? icon_rolleyes.gif

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elvis Posted 22 Sep 2007 , 5:18pm
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Don't know- wish you could convince her to do fondant....a big fabric bow seems out of place to me on a cake.

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marmalade1687 Posted 22 Sep 2007 , 5:48pm
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Wilton has a big artifical bow that looks like a big fondant bow...I bought one at Michael's once when I didn't have time to make the fondant bow, but needed the look. The Wilton bow is apparently dyeable...I haven't tried that though!

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chocomama Posted 22 Sep 2007 , 6:48pm
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I just looked up the bow and it's $25. It has a lot of loops and the bride wants a Tiffany bow. *sigh* Will a fondant bow hold up or will it get droopy after sitting on the BC for a few hours?

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alanahodgson Posted 23 Sep 2007 , 2:04pm
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you would definately need to use gumpaste. It will be stronger, thinner/more delicate looking and will hold up just fine on buttercream.

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chocomama Posted 23 Sep 2007 , 7:52pm
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OK, gumpaste is. There are no other options, right? I'm not exactly sure what the bride wants the bow to look like yet b/c I've only spoken with her mom so far, but what would be a reasonable fee for a large bow?

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alanahodgson Posted 24 Sep 2007 , 12:26am
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When I was doing some research into what to charge, I noticed that the bakeries near me charged about $20-$30 for a bow topper.

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