whats the best way to make people?...ive done it with fondant in the past with mixed results...gum paste?..does it need some sort of internal structure like wires?..if so what kind and how is it done?..is modeling chocolate better? i appreciate any input
yeah ive used most of these methods for sitting type figures...i guess i should have explained myself better..it s more the standing type, usually ive seen on cake shows that its been done with modeling chocolate...i guess i can try the floral wire for the inner structure...anyways im trying it tonight so well see!!
To make a standing figurine i use like a square foam piece thick enough to hold 2 dowels and mold the person around the dowels while their standing on the foam square and when their finished i take the dowel off the foam and you stick it on the cake! i dont know if that's clear ....oh geeze i'm not good at explaining things! their's a picture in my album...you can see he's standing on a foam piece and the legs all the way up to the shoulders is two dowels and i just sculpted around that.
I use Gum Paste/Fondant 50/50 or fondant with Gum Tex added, I like the Wilton fondant for this. I make figures 2 weeks ahead and let air dry but I have made them a few days in advance and put a fan on them day and night. I use #6 Bucatini, which is a thick spaghetti with a hole down the middle, for armatures. I like to keep my figures completely edible just in case. You never know what happens at parties.
So, once your figures are completed? How do you store them until ready to place on your cake?
Thanks!
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