I'm getting ready to do Nate's Sesame Street cake and I've decided to actually recreate the main building at 123 Sesame Street. I have never done anything that had to be so precise. Helpful hints?
I was planning on doing fondant unless there is a really compelling reason not to. Will it be too hard to get good corners? Do I need to use something like pastillage and do all the panels ahead of time? I would actally kind of like that, but then how do I get them on ? Royal? Is it easy to make pastillage?
Any help appreciated!
Thanks.
I think fondant would be your best bet. Use ganache instead of BC to get sharper corners.
http://www.artandappetite.com/2009/11/ganache-instead-of-buttercream/
You can just make panels out of fondant mixed with a little gumpaste, you would not need to use something so hard as pastillage. Then just stick them on the buttercream iced cake and seal the edges with a matching color of royal icing, and rub smooth with your finger. Good luck!
Do you think the fondant/gumpaste would retain its shape enough to get it on the cake without total distortion ? I would love to be able to lay out all the windows and everything and then pop up the panels when the cake is done. That would be fabulous. I just didn't know if it would work.
I only make 2 cakes a year, one for each kid, so I don't cover a lot of ground 
Thanks.
Do you think the fondant/gumpaste would retain its shape enough to get it on the cake without total distortion ? I would love to be able to lay out all the windows and everything and then pop up the panels when the cake is done. That would be fabulous. I just didn't know if it would work.
I only make 2 cakes a year, one for each kid, so I don't cover a lot of ground
Thanks.
If you have time to make them ahead of time and let them dry on wax paper or preferably a silicone mat, that would work best! Here are three cakes I have done that used the "dry-a-sheet-of-fondant-ahead-of-time" method:
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1742787
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1696922
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1660099
I'd use fondant with a bit of tylose or gumtex powder. Easier to use than gumpaste.
I agree, with tylose...except if you don't have tylose, gumpaste mixed with your fondant (maybe a 1/4-1/3 ratio) will do the same thing.
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