I'm making a dog cake and I need ears that stand up - pointy ears. It's a Pembrooke Welsh Corgi cake.
I made ears ahead of time - and they really didn't work - they were too small. So I made some more last night and they didn't work either - too curved, and they broke.
So what do I do now? I have a few hours - but I'm worried - what if these next ears don't work or break? What can I do? Any ideas?
You could try placing under a fan.? Or you could go to the store and buy some fourtune cookies and use them for the stand up ears....just take them apart. I dont know if that will work but it is worth a try. Just go to the store now so you have it before you find out if the gumpaste breaks!
How about using chocolate, make some kind of a mold, out of cardboard, and cover it with plastic wrap so you can get the chocolate off the mold, not sure how it would work, but I would try it, or you could use fondant to make a mold the right size and shape, cover that with the plastic wrap, so the chocolate doesn't melt into the fondant. When in a pinch I'll most anything.
hmm wonder if i have any cardboard around here- that may be my last minute idea
Use one of those Wilton cardboard cake circles/bases. That's what I used for the Orca I did. I had the same problem, the gumpaste one was too small (and too heavy) for the fin.
Thank you everyone for your tips. My gumpaste ended up drying on time and I just piled a bunch of buttercream around it and stuck it back in the fridge. Hopefully it made it to their party okay - they picked it up. I think it will have been fine though 
You can see my finished corgi dog cake in my photos, if you're interested.
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