I'm doing a Dukes of Hazzard themed groom's cake next week and the groom wants the car (matchbox sized) to be "flying" over a river. Any ideas on how to make this happen?

Blue colored wire under the car?

a real matchbox car or a fondant/gumpaste car?

A real matchbox car.

string around the car, suspended from the ceiling.

get real, dude. There's a particular law we have to go by. It's called the Law of Gravity!

Unless you smash the car into a building, then you can shove it into a building made of cake?

I'm sure it can be done....I was even thinking I might attach it to a clear plastic utensil jammed into the cake....I'm getting a little desperate..but the blue wire....maybe....where does one buy blue wire?

Look in the jewerly section of Hobby Lobby or Michaels for blue wire. Perhaps even in the floral section.

I have no idea where one buys blue wire. I was just thinking blue since it'd blend in with the color of the river.

Do you have white floral tape? I'd over floral wire (maybe a couple of pieces) with white floral tape and paint it blue.

Or maybe you could figure out how to attach a clear plastic straw to the car?

What about a clear plastic cocktail stir or a clear plastic straw.

wire hidden in what looks like a long trail of dirt and smoke coming off the back end of the car.

can curve wire

can anchor wire in cake and have it completely hidden.

I did this airplane cake with a dowel stuck in the back of the plane, and the dowel was concealed by the exhaust "cloud" made out of gumpaste:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kavingate/1471650301

Brilliant guys!!! Thanks so much, I knew you would have great ideas! Now, I'll see which one works best for me. Again, thanks!!!!