I have two questions that I think I know the answers to, but it never hurts to ask...
#1: How do I secure a real fabric ribbon around a fondant covered cake?
#2: How do I secure fresh flowers to a fondant covered cake? (I want the flowers to cascade down the cake)
Thanks!
Jenna
I use a bit of piping gel as glue for ribbon.
To attach fresh flowers to a cake I make clusters of flowers - like corsages. I use floral tape to form the corsages. I attach a toothpick to the corsage and use it to pin the corsage to the cake. I often make small flowers on the ends of toothpicks (gum paste or royal icing flowers) and use these to help pin the corsage in place, too. I make the sugar flowers to fit in with the arrangement. There is an example of fresh flowers attached this way in my photos. I used 8 flower clusters on Megan and Kyle's cake. The toothpicks had tiny pink royal icing rosebuds on them.
for ribbon i use a bit of double side craft tape, I think it is called monoadhesive, and use the permanant tape.
I second the toothpick.
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