Making People ?'s

Decorating By myheartsdesire Updated 20 Jul 2011 , 5:14pm by myheartsdesire

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myheartsdesire Posted 20 Jul 2011 , 3:09pm
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Hi! I have a question about making figures, like for the top of wedding cake. Similar to http://www.flickr.com/photos/giggyscakes/2659696697/
Does it work with straight fondant or straight gum paste or combination of the two? Any good tutorials you can recommend?

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kearniesue Posted 20 Jul 2011 , 3:33pm
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Rylan is the king of tutorials. Here's a huge list showing everything you'll likely need:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-672099-rylan.html

Good luck!

Karen

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poohsmomma Posted 20 Jul 2011 , 5:11pm
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If you want to know about making figures, you need to check out Lorraine McKay's work. You can buy PDF files with step by step directions for making people and some animals. Her website is
http://www.extraicing.co.uk/

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myheartsdesire Posted 20 Jul 2011 , 5:14pm
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Thanks! I happened upon her site in my questicon_smile.gif She's great!

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