Sculpting With Rice Krispies...
Decorating By Chelsea1027 Updated 6 Jun 2013 , 11:48pm by Baking Sis
I'm going to attempt my first big cake tomorrow and the top will have to be made with rice krispies. I've never used them before. Any tips or tricks I should know? I'm making a witch's hat if that makes any difference.
Just smoosh them together really good. If they get too hard to work with, you can zap them in the microwave for a few seconds to warm them up again.
I followed the recipe on the box, what I did before sculpting was throw it in the fridge to firm up. Sculpted my pieces and threw it back in the fridge to harden. They firmed up pretty good and hard for what I needed, I will be covering the pieces once I put together with white modeling chocolate to resemble a polar bear. Melt some dark chocolate for the eyes, nose and the feet pads.
As you can see the pieces are basic, the modeling chocolate will really have all the bulk to it and the detail.
The base of the cake will be a layered cake with a raspberry white chocolate butter cream in between and just butter cream on the outside and then a white fondant and it will be shaped like an iceberg. The polar bear to sit on top! I had thought about putting some Alaska flowers around him, not sure yet. I don't want to get all these ideas and not be able to get them done.
The cake board will be decorated also, with a blue background with little fish and a clear cover to make it look like water. Now, living where I do, resources are limited in my small town and I seem to be running into road blocks. I seem to pull it off in the end, so cross your fingers.
It is for an Arctic themed baby shower.
Once the cake is complete, I will take more photos. 
One thing I learned is that you have to remember what you are making is going to have bulk added too it (ie modeling chocolate/gum paste/fondant). So if you make it the size you want out of the RCT, when it starts to bulk up with the covering...it is going to look chubby!
I've made Elmo several times and he just looked fat in the beginning. I always have to remind myself to go smaller with my RCT base.
AHow far in advance can you make the scuplture? Thank you.
AOnce made, store in an air tight container for upto 6 weeks.
When you need to use you must leave it room temperature to defrost :) x
Do you need to put a RKT sculpture in a freezer if you are going to be using it within a few days? Does freezing 'strenghten' the sculpture, or what is the reason for doing that? Would it be okay to just wrap it in saran and leave out? Sorry so many questions, but trying to use this method on a cake this weekend and have no idea what I am doing...Learning is such a process! Thanks for any help!
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