I'm making my first cake and want to place my 1in. fondant heart cutouts on a BC cake. What is the best way to attach them? The cutouts will be pretty dry by the time I decorate since I made them a week in advance (they will not be eaten). I know it would be better to adhere them to a fondant cake, I'm just not that confident in my skill level yet!
I've never had any problem sticking fondant cutouts on a cake, its quite easy :) I like to chill the cake in the fridge until the icing is firm (so the icing doesn't "smoosh" out around the pieces when you push them on the side of the cake). Then just brush a little water or vodka onto the back of the fondant piece and apply it to the cake. Your decorations sound small and light, so you shouldn't have any worry about the weight making them slide down the cake. If you ever have any heavy fondant pieces you may want to design them so that you can stick a couple tooth picks through them into the cake to help hold them up. Preferably in a way where no one can tell the toothpicks are there. :)
That was how I attached the Tudor roses and ivy to this cake:
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