I also need to make one. Only the "hat" part is going to be half of the wilton "ful" ball pan. I guess I would need to use foam board, but I am not entirely sure on how to cover both sides. It will be sitting as the "topper" ontop of a 6" cake stand to with two tiers underneith.
I also need to make one. Only the "hat" part is going to be half of the wilton "ful" ball pan. I guess I would need to use foam board, but I am not entirely sure on how to cover both sides. It will be sitting as the "topper" ontop of a 6" cake stand to with two tiers underneith.
I also need to make one. Only the "hat" part is going to be half of the wilton "ful" ball pan. I guess I would need to use foam board, but I am not entirely sure on how to cover both sides. It will be sitting as the "topper" ontop of a 6" cake stand to with two tiers underneith.
I'm doing this too... Can we just make from a 50/50 mix and let it dry a few days?
I also need to make one. Only the "hat" part is going to be half of the wilton "ful" ball pan. I guess I would need to use foam board, but I am not entirely sure on how to cover both sides. It will be sitting as the "topper" ontop of a 6" cake stand to with two tiers underneith.
Actually I just "frosted" my foam core board.... just slathered it on, first one side..... let it crust, turn it over and do the other.....and use the Viva towel to smooth it....
I did it just like you would wrap a package cause I wanted it to look real on the back too. I rolled a big piece of black fondant with tylose and then flipped it over and folded in the sides. Trimmed them to triangles that almost met in middle and the folded in the ends. The I trimmed the ends pieces so the barely overlapped and met in the middle. It ended up looking very cool.
Here are 2 different patterns, use candy melts for the cap and fondant for the tassle and either BC or fondant for the button that holds the tassel on...
http://www.wilton.com/recipes/patternlocator/patterns/celebratewithfondant_112b.pdf
http://www.wilton.com/recipes/patternlocator/patterns/pb1998_49b.pdf
I did it just like you would wrap a package cause I wanted it to look real on the back too. I rolled a big piece of black fondant with tylose and then flipped it over and folded in the sides. Trimmed them to triangles that almost met in middle and the folded in the ends. The I trimmed the ends pieces so the barely overlapped and met in the middle. It ended up looking very cool.
You didn't use any foam board? This sounds simple enough, my only worry is that I am in a SUPER humid area and I am worried that it won't dry. I have had some thin letters (cut with FMM tappits) drying for 5 days with the fan on high, and they are still to soft to handle and paint.
Thanks for your input. It does help and give me an idea of what to do.
In Florida (very humid) as long as we use 50/50 gp and fondant-it will dry pretty hard. I'll be making one and I plan to use a fondant covered square of board, and a circle made of a fondant strip. After both are dry then I'll glue them together with gumpaste glue.
I need to make a cap, I don't have the mini ball pan, would a muffin pan work?
I need to make a cap, I don't have the mini ball pan, would a muffin pan work?
Do you have a small Pyrex or stainless steel bowl?
I don't think so, but I'll double check. I do have the sports ball pan, but that's pretty big
After several failed attempts I used a 9 oz clear plastic solo cocktail cup and covered the outside with fondant. It was very lightweight. For the mortarboard I used an old square tupperware type top that just happened to be the right size and covered both sides with fondant and stuck to cap just with water. Used fondant for tassel on top. Looked pretty good. IMO It came out just the right size for my top 6" layer. My cake is posted under graduation cakes if you need clarification on how it looks.
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