I've been wanting to try decorating a cake dummy for a while now, but I have a few questions...
1. How do you get your fondant to stick to a dummy? Do you add a layer of buttercream like you do with a real cake or do you add something else like water?
2. Can you re-use a cake dummy after you've covered it in fondant and/or buttercream? If so, do you just wipe off the icing with a paper towel? or?
3. How long should you keep the cake dummy decorated before tearing it down/throwing it away? For display purposes.
1: You can use water or crisco. No need to waste buttercream.
2: You can reuse the dummies. Just soak them in hot water and pry the fondant off with a spatula or scrape if it's buttercream. Try not to dig the spatula in the foam as you'll leave a dent which could show up next time you decorate.
3: Until it gets dusty and you can't dust it anymore and/or until your decorations break.
AReally hate covering a dummy. Maybe that is because I usually roll so thin. The dummy's aren't perfect. I tried using a fine grit sand paper, but there are still a few flaws. I used gumpaste to fill a few dents. Still not happy. Buttercream is so much easier!
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