3D Numbers On Top Of Cake

Decorating By tonia3604 Updated 10 Jun 2009 , 7:03pm by crisc23

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tonia3604 Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 4:37am
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I need to put a 3D number 60 on top of a 3 tiered cake. I am making the numbers out of gumpaste. How do I make them stand up?

I want to make them like a cake on the pinkcakebox website. If anyone wants to check out the picture I am refering to it is under the celebration cakes tab, last row, 2nd from the right. It is a tiered cake with 16 on top. Does anybody know how they make their numbers stand up??

Thank for all your help!

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staceytisdale Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 4:39am
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hey. i made my numbers fairly thick out of gumpaste/fondant and then put spaghetti in them and let them dry. Then they stood up just fine!

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mommyle Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 4:44am
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You can build them around lollipop sticks... You can make them out of chocolate... you can nestle them into a bed of stuff (like fondant)... You can build wires into them...

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PinkZiab Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 5:22am
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I can tell you from experience that Pink Cake Box uses wires or skinny dowels/skewers, depending on how heavy the topper is.

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icer101 Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 5:29am
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i just made a large no. 40... coming up this week end .. i used a small skewer in each one.. drying now.. i made no. 50 last week end for anniversary.. did the same.. did great. haven,t posted picture yet of the 50th cake.. hth

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Ariginal Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 5:37am
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I make mine from plaque paste as it sets with in a day.. i insert a toothpick in the bottom while it is still wet. I make a long sausage and make my number letter what have you from the sausage as i can then make it thinish and its not tooo heavy.. then when i put into cake i put royal icing under it to cement it...

I did however do a 50 for an anniversary cake but that went onto a plaque so i didnt use a toothpick but did glue it with royal icing and used 2 supports on either side till it set then i put decoration of flowers round it for more stability.

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tonia3604 Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 6:39pm
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Thanks everyone!

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crisc23 Posted 10 Jun 2009 , 7:03pm
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I let my numbers dry hard then glue them to sucker/lollipop sticks with melted chocolate.

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