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How To Make a Fondant Loop Bow
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My first bow on my second stacked cake. Thanks to the person who gave these great instructions. One thing I did forget to do the.... color the candy melts to match the color the the bow. I will post the cake. Green B-day cake...
Sina

These instructions and photos are wonderfully helpful. I've read instructions for this before, but they didn't make sense to me until now. Thank you.

Just looked at this as I was looking for instructions to pass on to other folks. There is a typo in it, where it stated to roll to 14 inches thickness, it should be 1/4 inch thickness.
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes

i have one more question, i have something called candy kote wafers- white, from CK products, is that the same thing as candy melts, if not would i still be able to use it as the "glue"? thank you very much for answering my other question!
I tried to use that to hold cookies on a stick and it did not hold! The Wilton brand held the cookies on just fine but the CK Products did not! I guess the CK Products would work on the bow because the loops aren't as heavyas the cookies.

Haven't tried that brand, I use Merckens, but yes it should work just fine, it is really just being used to keep the loops together and you make a fairly large gloop of it.
The candy melts aren't meant to hold cookies on a stick, on a stick. I still find the best way to make cookies on a stick, is to insert the stick or craft stick while the cookies is being cooked and sometimes it is best, for the larger cookies, to put extra dough in the area where the cookie goes over the stick.
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes

I have a question when doing the two strips for the ribbon ends how you you get them to be wavy like in the picture before bow is constructed. I also have a question on how fondant swags or drapes on the cakes are done(how to get them to look soft and to lay like cloth). Also on average how many loops for a decent sized bow. At the beginning of the instructions where you start with a tennis sized ball are you supposed to half that then start the rolling out process or just start rolling with that amount.Thanks




I have got two bows made for a cake tomorrow. Should I put the bows on when the is delivered of will the bows travel okay on the cake. Any opinions?


Thanks: sue_dye
Oh no, I just thought about this: will the buttercream on the cake break down the royal icing that is holding the bow together?


Thanks, I am so worried about this cake. I made my bows with MMF instead of gumpaste. The loops don't look quite as thin as the one's made with gumpaste. It will be the highest (price) paid cake that I have made so far. Did that make sense? lol


I think I am thinking about it too much. I'm sure you know how that feels. Thanks for your help!

I haven't done a huge number of bows, but when I have, I cut out a round of gumpaste and attached the bow to that before putting it on the cake. That way it could be removed in one piece before cutting and I didn't have to worry about the icing breaking down the bow, or colors bleeding or.....

Love your bow sue_dye . Gorgeous bow and color..
Liz






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