Hey Guys, Ok so Im making a cake for my Godchild this week and she is turning 4. I wanted to make the number 4 stick up on the top of the cake and have it be kind of big. I don't know the best way to do this. Im thinking using gum paste or fondant to make the number 4 and some how glue it on a stick and push it into the cake. I also thought of doing chocolate mold number 4 and standing it up on the cake but the cake is fondant and I don't know if it will hold since the chocolate will be heavy. Any suggestions? And how do I make sure if I use fondant that it will be stiff hard and dry...how many days before should I make the number? Thanks!
Gum paste or fondant with tylose rolled very thin would only take a day to dry if there was no humidity. I think this would be better than the chocolate because of the weight. If you have a couple of days, I would make a couple of numbers in case one of them broke. I would make little square pieces of the same gum paste/fondant to glue to the top of the sticks then glue the number to the top of the squares.
I normally do numbers with fondant or gum paste by inserting a bamboo skewer into them , let it dry and then insert the skewer into the cake. If you want something light (although I don't see any issues with a fondant number 4 crushing the cake ) you could pipe one with royal icing.
You could also cut the number out of a foam core board and cover that in fondant and poke a skewer through the bottom.
i pipe pate choux and bake it -- works great -- light weight -- you can make a bunch in case of breakage no worries -- just stick a toothpick in it to attach
i don't know why this is not used more - i've written out entire names to stand up on top of a cake - and I did a whole bible verse - it's fool proof - makes great scrolls -
best to you
i'm going by memory then i'll double check see how close i got --
- 1 cup water
- 1 little salt
- 1 stick butter
bring just to a boil -- then add
- 1 cup flour all at once and stir
till it forms a ball remove from heat -- put it in mixer -- add
- 4 eggs one at a time beating well between each egg
then i bake at 325 - 400 depending on what i'm doing -- just bake it till it's done -- it's one of those especially if you're making lettering
All of my numbers are done by loading up my word processor, using a nice font and size, and then printing it. I cut out the silhouette with scissors and superimpose that on top of gumpaste rolled out to about 1/4 inch. I trace the outline with an x-acto knife and then i let it dry overnight, turning a few times when I get the chance. I usually make sure that my number is at LEAST 4 inches high.
Frank
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