I'm doing my best friend's wedding cake as a gift to her. She picked out a picture of a square cake with a big fondant ribbon on top. i'T FIVE LAYERS. I'm a bad procrastinator and very busy. We just moved 2 days ago and my stuff is everywhere. I tried for the first time a fondant bow last night until 2 am. Disaster is not the word for it. The wedding is Saturday. I know fondant has to dry several days so I think I just blew it. Where can I BUY A BIG LOOPY FONDANT BOW IN A HURRY. PLEASE HELP!

you can try doing one out of pure gumpaste. I have had it dry in 24 hrs, if it is not to humid. otherwise try ebay or google and see if any sites. Don't know any except for the one wilton has but it is lots of loops not just regular bow.

If you're in the US find a store that carries Wilton products- they have a 6 1/2 inch cake bow. It says out of stock on their website- but check your local stores- Michaels, AcMoore, Hobby Lobby, etc . Also try a local cake decorating shoppe. I'm in upstate NY and the best is in Syracuse- Top of the Cake. Their phone number is 315-463-5025. Good luck!

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=107B83C9-802D-F658-0540B53D2E2D6C50&fid=107B83D9-802D-F658-034513D0F53944FD

Yes, gumpaste or add tylose to your fondant is the way to go. Now when you say disaster I don't know if you mean you broke the one you had or are having trouble doing it... either way you have come to the right place

I would try it again and put a fan on it or, even better, stick it in a food dehydrator if you have access to one.

My trouble is that I cannot set the loops on their side to dry because they keep buckling. I tried doing it thicker and it is still happening. I will try the store in Syracuse. I am about 1 hr from them. Thank You so much. Keep the suggestions coming. I am a basket case at this moment.

Take the handle off of your broom (or use something like that) and clean it good. put the ends up on something then slide your loops onto the handle and they will keep their shape.
Val

Do you think if I get a white fondant bow from Michael's etc I could air brush it chocolate colored? She has to have a chocolate colored bow.

I tried to do the plastic dowel rod trick but the fondant seemed to stretch. I am using Rhonda's MMF ultimate chocolate recipe. Let me tell you eating the mistakes was marvelous.

From their website:

6 1/2 in. Cake Bow
Perfect for all celebrationsshowers, weddings, birthday! Clever cake topper can also be used as a centerpiece, and may be colored to match your celebration with Wilton Icing Colors and/or royal icing.

You should be able to air brush it!

Definately call Top of the Cake first. They're so wonderfully helpful! They're open 9-5 M-F , but closed on weekends normally. If you call and someone answers they'll actually open for you! They were bought out / moved in the spring to a new addy:

4000 New Court Ave, Syracuse, NY 13206
The Top of the Cake signs are actually in the windows (a bit hard to see unless you're looking for them). It's a white building with green and red trim. The larger signs say Capaco Inc.

I don't remember seeing a bow- but I know they have many gumpaste/fondant florals and items that I didn't take the time to look at. If you're in that area Michael's Syracuse is on Route 5 in Dewitt just past the Olive Garden and last I knew they had the bow in the store!

Best wishes

I don't lay my loops on their side, I stuff them with loosly wadded up saran wrap and put them on my dining room table under a ceiling fan on high. I use Wilton's ready made gumpaste with nothing added and they dry fine in 24 hours or less. I also luster dust each piece before I fold or pinch together that way every nook and crannie is covered.
Hope this helps
Jibbies

Thank you for the tips. I will try this. I'm just freaking right now. I'm going to try to take the rest of the week off from work to do this cake right. She is my best friend and I want to make it perfect. Thanks again for all your help.

Kmk I agree with people when they say use GP. That is how I make all my bows because I am also a procrastinator . If I need a bow for a Saturday cake and it is Monday , I usually wait till Wed. and make my loops. With GP if you roll thin (but not paper thin) strips and press them together quickly they will dry in a matter of 12 or so hours! and you can spray them . I also stick mine together with RI and prop the different layers up with wadded up paper towels and it dries rather quickly...I always do it on the bottom of the pan of the size of cake that I am putting it on. Lay a piece of wax paper on the bottom of the pan and put a blob of RI down on the wax paper and make your masterpiece. Let it dry on there...peel off the wax paper and put it on your cake

HTH's

Christi

BTW if you look in my gallery you will see a bow I made on Saturday evening for a cake Sunday afternoon. It's the first cake in my gallery if you care to look
Thanks
Jibbies

Hey KMK

I use a bunch of rolled up tissues inside my loops and leave them there till completely dry , you can also use scrunched up plastic , like those cheap shopping bags inside the loops ,
if you have normal fondant , and cmc , it will dry in 24 hours if you need it too , I make all mine in that time frame , rain, hail or shine

good luck
Let us know how it turns out

Suzy

You can make a bow out of melted CandyMelts and have it ready in under 30 minutes. I just cut strips of freezer paper, 6" long and 3/4" wide, parallel to the edge of the paper that curls. Coat the shiny side of the paper with the candy, using an offset spatula. Hold the strip so it hangs down and slide your fingers along the edges to clean. Touch the ends together and lay on a tray covered with waxed paper. If the ends want to pop open, anchor them in place with a pen or pencil. They'll harden on their own in about ten minutes, less if you place them in the fridge. Peel the paper off. Arrange on your cake, using some melted candy to "glue the loops in place. The final loops can be shortened to fit nicer by snapping off a part of the loops "tail".

I agree even adding 50% gumpaste to 50% fondant makes a huge difference in drying time. Don't fret you'll do fine , it's the mixture that's the problem not you.

Everyone has given great tips on what to do, but in the unlikely event nothing works, I'd suggest buying one of those large fabric or plastic gift bows from a party store to place on the cake. Does the cake have ribbons around the edges?

Make some chocolate plastic (mix 1lb melted dark chocolate with 1/3 cup corn syrup) leave it in the fridge overnight and then next day it will take you about ten minutes to make a bow and about twenty for it dry! It also tastes great. There's a picture in my gallery of a bow made from this medium.

Walmart carries the big loopy bows by Wilton already made.

Plastic wrap, paper towels, cotton balls.... stuff that bad boy! (I like cotton balls)