Help! Need Advice For Moto Helmet
Decorating By minicoopermel Updated 11 Mar 2015 , 6:48pm by -K8memphis
Have have to do a moto helmet next week and I'm having trouble figuring out how to make the cake overhang. IDK how else to explain it. the sun shield basically. I know that it's just fondant but I'm not sure has to how to dry it while it's attached to the cake. Any tips or tricks?!
I need it for about 15 people and I'm going to use 8" round pans and carve.
ANY tip and tricks or advice would be awesome.
dry it in advance of putting it on the cake -- find something like the side of an upturned bowl -- or use theinside of it -- maybe a casserole dish or soup turreen or whatever -- just fashion some aluminum foil -- i just looked over at my 12 qt mixer bowl which would make a perfect 'mold' to dry it on -- 15 servings is going to be a mini helmet -- prime it with a dusting of cornstarch so it loosens without stressing you out --
i'd add/knead in a lot of cornstarch to it so it sets up nice -- but i applaud you for going with fondant because people like to eat all the parts of a sculpture like that --
best to you
dry it in advance of putting it on the cake -- find something like the side of an upturned bowl -- or use theinside of it -- maybe a casserole dish or soup turreen or whatever -- just fashion some aluminum foil -- i just looked over at my 12 qt mixer bowl which would make a perfect 'mold' to dry it on -- 15 servings is going to be a mini helmet -- prime it with a dusting of cornstarch so it loosens without stressing you out --
i'd add/knead in a lot of cornstarch to it so it sets up nice -- but i applaud you for going with fondant because people like to eat all the parts of a sculpture like that --
best to you
dry it in advance of putting it on the cake -- find something like the side of an upturned bowl -- or use theinside of it -- maybe a casserole dish or soup turreen or whatever -- just fashion some aluminum foil -- i just looked over at my 12 qt mixer bowl which would make a perfect 'mold' to dry it on -- 15 servings is going to be a mini helmet -- prime it with a dusting of cornstarch so it loosens without stressing you out --
i'd add/knead in a lot of cornstarch to it so it sets up nice -- but i applaud you for going with fondant because people like to eat all the parts of a sculpture like that --
best to you
oops the 500 error spoofed me -- sorry i tried to delete but no soap
Ok so I've never used cornstarch before for fondant. I've always just used powered sugar. Should I switch? Cornstarch make it harden fast or not crack as much sometimes?
I've also never used gumpaste. lol I'm def a newbie, since November 2014! :)
Thanks for the advice!
Ok so I've never used cornstarch before for fondant. I've always just used powered sugar. Should I switch? Cornstarch make it harden fast or not crack as much sometimes?
I've also never used gumpaste. lol I'm def a newbie, since November 2014! :)
Thanks for the advice!
that's what i use to make things i want people to eat, f + cs -- gum paste is edible but it's not pleasant to eat too crunchy -- but fondant + cornstarch even dried hard is more like a crisp chewy candy -- i've said this a zilliion times here but i had to make a nurse's cap with no time as in zero to let it set up and dry so i kneaded in a boatload of cornstarch and it just sat up perfect --
a lot of people like to use tylose to firm up their fondant and that works great -- but cornstarch is cheaper and easier to come by -- i save my tylose for... actually i've saved it forever i rarely ever use it because cornstarch works for me -- and if i use gum paste i just mix that up and use it --
adding some raspberry flavor oil is a real hit especially with making rose petals to scatter around a cake on the table --
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