Standing Buttercream Or Royal Icing Cake Topper
Decorating By KelsAKeeper Updated 10 Mar 2018 , 7:56pm by kakeladi
Hi, everyone
I’d like to make a Ford V8 symbol cake topper, but an upright, standing topper for an 8”, 4 layer cake.
I’m pretty decent at buttercream transfers, and I could probably pull off a royal icing or even candy melts transfer; however, I’d like it to stand up rather than lay flat on the cake.
I’ve thought about attaching a buttercream transfer to a cake round and securing it with toothpicks, straws, etc. I just don’t know what will hold up best.
Thanks so much! 
My thinking is exactly the same as cutiger's. I wouldn't even use a transfer, just cut the logo from fortified (with Tylose) fondant, gum paste or pastillage. Pastillage is the strongest of the three.
A good crusting b'cream should stand up on fondant as the others have said or on a small cake round. It would depend on the weather. Candy melts would have the same problem. The only sure one would be royal icing. Personally, I'd try a b'cream transfer onto a fondant backing.
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