Irisgabriela Or Anyone She Told How To Do This!!! Please!!!
Decorating By alracntna Updated 14 Jul 2008 , 6:06am by alracntna
I need to know how to make the stork she did if anyone was able to get the directions from her. i tried to get them but i didn't hear from her. i need for a baby shower for tomorrow! i am desperate if anyone knows how to do this please let me know. TIA!!!
That cake it too cute...do you think maybe the stork is molded from rice krispy treats?
i'm wondering what the legs are made of..they look plastic-y or something.
Ok, I'm no expert but, if I were you this is what I would do:
Shape orange fondant in a cone shape for the beak (Do this first so it dries while you work on the body). If it's not harden by the time you are done put it in your oven with the light on overnight and it should be harder by morning.
2 styrofoam balls, I would make a cylinder the size of needed for the neck and use floral covered wired in a nice thick gauge to attach the one styrofoam ball on one end and the other styrofoam ball on the opposite end. when attaching the the Styrofoam for the body look closely to the picture since the neck is not attached in the middle of the ball if not closer to the edge. The head does not look like it was covered with anything but I would put a thin layer of fondant over it. Cut blue fondant in a triangle big enough to cover the ball. One it is on the head use to pieces of ribbon and pierce the fondant gently on the corners of the triangle to gently tie the hat together. I have no idea what the legs are made of but if you have a clay gun just put the orange fondant in the gun and use a cylinder shape pattern. And put them in place.
I'm not sure if this will help but if you have any questions email me I'll check back later.
Good luck!
Now for the body I would use a petal or leaf cutter and cut out many pieces of fondant so that is looks like feathers. And start covering the ball from the tail to the top part of the ball. (Feathers are layered and if you start from the neck down to the tail it's not going to look nice).
I love this cake! I may have to borrow this idea for an order that I just got! 
Do you have any tylose powder? If so then you can add a little bit to your fondant and that helps it to dry much faster.
Oh so sorry I could not answer sooner I'm feeling under the weather and drank a night time cold medicine instead of the daytime medicine 
slept like a baby!!!
Anyway, yes gum-tex (you can find it anywhere Wilton products are sold) helps harden the fondant a lot quicker (just don't add to much) I actually had to do a last minute cake once and I used marzipan paste found in supermarkets in the baker's isle. Actually it was great, very smooth looking like fondant but with more texture. They dried in time but, a little expensive.
Good luck! send a picture
bye,
Hi there alracntna,
Went to your site, but can't seem to see the stork that you made.
Please help out, would love to see the end product, looks interesting.
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