Billowing Technique - How Far In Advance Can I Make Them?
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Have a wedding shower cake for the weekend and I was wondering if I can make the billows a few days in advance? Also I've only really looked at one tutorial and that used gum paste. Can I use fondant?
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I've made one billowing cake and I used a 50/50 mix. I find you can't really do them in advance as it doesn't allow you to fill in between the layers properly once they are dry. I add one billow and then depending on what I'm using in between each billow (brooch, candy, etc) I use that to press into the billow as a guide so I know exactly how the next billow will fit. It worked for me.
Here's the link to my billowed cake so you can see what I mean. I hope this helps.
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I've used the billowing technique on a couple of cakes and I would say probably not. They would dry if you make them in advance and you want to be able to manipulate them a bit. Also, I made mine out of straight fondant with no problems. I will say I let each square "breathe" a bit before each step so they wouldn't be too flimsy. It wasn't a problem to do so though because I was making several at a time.
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Thanks everyone! Still not sure what I'm going to do for sure. But one layer is going to be a dummy anyways so I can make that in advance at least!
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