How To Attach A Snoopy / Tree Fondant Topper To Cake?
Decorating By satindoll_101 Updated 12 Dec 2019 , 1:42am by SandraSmiley
Hi All,
I have a question. I am making this cake below in a few weeks time. I have watched YouTube videos on how to make the Snoopy and tree sturdier so they hold up.
My question is though, what is best way to attach the snoopy and tree to the cake? Should I:
a) Have a skewer going from snoopy's feet and base of tree into the cake?
or
b) Should I just place the snoopy / tree flat on the white part at the top of the cake (I was thinking I could potentially place a few dowels under the white part and place the snoopy on those supported spots? Then I can just let the client know where to place these figures atop the cake. (Maybe mark the spot to place it with a dot with edible marker so she knows.
Or any other ideas??
The client is picking up the cake from me, and I am trying to figure out a way to make the toppers sturdy and also easily transportable.
TIA!!
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Update:
This will be a tall 6" round cake or double barreled cake. There will be 2 layers---cake board---2 layers. The overall cake will be about 6"-7" tall.
Hope I can explain this..........I would turn the snow on top of the cake into a base for the tree and Snoopy. Cut out three or four pieces of (cardbpard box thickness) cardboard in the shape of the snow and glue them together. Be sure the bottom of the base is covered with plastic wrap and/or foil where it touches the cake. Cover the top and sides with white fondant. When you get ready to secure Snoopy and the tree, use a skewer that will go all the way through the base and use melted chocolate to securely attach the figures. The cake should have dowels to support the topper, but it would be simplicity itself to just set the topper on the cake when it reaches its destination. Also, it would be very easy for the client to keep the topper, which I am guessing they will want to do. Good luck!
Updated before posting I didn’t read Sandra’s whole post & didn’t see she basically said exactly what I did I would make the tree trunk on a dowel that goes all the way down thru the cake layers I would also make snoopy with a dowel that also goes way down in the cake but when adding them make the snow on the top from melted white Choco so as it sets up/hardens it will “cement” the tree & snoopy
Thank you both for your very helpful replies! I like the idea of white melted chocolate for the snow as it's edible.
Just a few more questions to make sure I do this correct:
1) How do I get that snow shape? Do I just pour the white chocolate on the cake and let it do it's thing? Or do I pour it somewhere else first and let it set and then transfer it on the cake? Is there a particular type of chocolate use for melting? Sorry I'm new to working with melted chocolate on fondant cakes
2) Do I skewer the snoopy and tree into the cake immediately after I pour the white chocolate on (so the white chocolate hardens around the skewers and melts it in place)??? Or??? I guess this depends on what I do in #1.
3) So--I agree for sturdiness--I just skewer the tree and snoopy into the cake. Is it best to go ALL the way to cake base or just the first tier? (I would have to hammer the skewed through a cake board inbetween the 4 layers). I saw some videos where they just used a small shewed to push the snoopy slightly into the cake but that didn't look too sturdy to me.
4) Also what do you recomment using to make sure the figurine stays firm around the skewer inserted in it? I was going to make a "glue" from water and fondant pieces. Is there something sturdier? Just want to make sure my figurines don't slide around the skewers----that happened to me before but maybe because I just used water instead of the water / fondant glue.
To get the uneven snow pour on some chocolate on the cake making sure it’s not hot but just warm enough to pour—helping it along with a spoon or something then let it set up/cool some more to make some lumpiness on top of that Making the snow off the top won’t let you add the figures & probably cause the snow to crack:( I would definitely make the skewers go all the way down to the bottom & even into the base board Yes hammer it in Using melted chocolate will be enough to anchor them especially if you puddle some around the bottom to hide the dowel Oh once the chocolate is mostly set up you can sprinkle it with some powdered sugar to help the look of fresh snow I think that covers all your?s :)
Thanks you!!!! :) It does :) You lowered my stress level tremendously Kakeladi!
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