Hello everyone,
After completing my first cake yesterday I really want to make another one but don't have a reason to yet!
I read somewhere that you can get cake dummies. I'm assuming these are to practice on? Can you cover them in fondant and decorate like you would a proper cake? If so, once it's finished how long wil it last for? Do you use them as examples to show people what you can do?
Thanks
You can use the dummy cakes to cover with any medium.... BC or fondant. For the most part, I have dummies which are several years old. As a money saver, I know some people cover the cake, decorate on one side then flip to other side and decorate for another occasion... just to get the most out of one cake dummy.... take pictures of both side; therefore you didn't 'waste' decorating the whole cake since only one side shows on pictures anyway. Once a cake dummy is decorated, you can 'wash' the fondant or icing off my simply soaking in sink with warm water (until fondant melts off) or I even heard you can place them in the dishwasher and start all over again!! 
Have fun!!!
~ Jaime
Another CCer also told me of cheap cakes if you cant get your hands on dummies - take a box of cheapie cake mix and add one can of soda, mix and bake as normal. They are wicked cheap (less than $1 baked) and you don't need to waste eggs and oil, etc. They actually don't taste that bad if you want to eat them (I tasted the top) use coke with chocolate cake or generic 7-up with either white or yellow.
I sometime use this method with frosting that is no longer tasty and then practice fondant cakes.
www.dallas-foam.com has cake dummies starting at .60 cents for a 6x4. They have round, hex, square, oval, triangle, sheets, petal... and more. They have pillow shaped and dummies with rounded edges. They're about the cheapest I've found anywhere. Good luck and happy decorating!
I just ordered my first set of dummies from www.Dallas-Foam.com and they literally had it on my doorstep in less than 2 days. I have no idea how but I'm pleased 
. I can't wait to start practicing on them. The shipping was high but they don't mess around! LOL
Thanks for the info I have bookmarked the page. So I will have it handy to use it when the time comes!!!
Cool~ thanks for the site! Just ordered 4,6,8,10,12 in both round and square and it was only $28 WITH shipping! Right on!!!
i get mine from dallas foam also, the cheapest I could find around
Yes, you can just frost a pan. Practice frosting can be just powdered sugar and Crisco, scraped back in the bowl and used again. That is by far the cheapest way to go.
I make 8 inch cookies (using my cake pans as cutters) and give them away. They can be frosted and decorated just like the top of a cake.
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