How To Make A Fake Wedding Cake Without Fondant

cakes80 Posted 2 Jul 2008 , 6:55pm

I am doing a wedding ceremony cake next weekend in which ane tier volition be a styrofoam dummy. I want to exercise information technology up ahead of time and peradventure salve a trivial bit of money and was thinking I could just use shortening under the fondant instead of buttercream icing. Has anyone tried this? Any opinions or suggestions? Thanks

16 replies

JoAnnB Posted two Jul 2008 , 7:07pm

Just a mist of water or a thin scrape of pipage gel or even corn syrup. You want the fondant to stick to the dummy.

Also, lookout the top edge of the dummy. It has a tendency to cutting the fondant.

BlakesCakes Posted 2 Jul 2008 , 7:49pm

You lot demand to smooth the superlative edge of the dummy because if you don't, it will cause the fondant to tear. I use a cheap disposable nail file/emery board--very gently. Also, smooth out whatsoever other lumps, bumps, or lines the same way or they'll be magnified in the fondant stop.

You lot can certainly use crisco to adhere the fondant. Information technology'south a nice smooth undercoat and can help terminate bubbles. The just drawback I observe is that the dummy is then pretty hard to clean upwards to use once more (the grease is hard to go off and gets an odour over time). If re-use isn't an issue, I'd say go for it. If you want to re-use it, then h2o is the cheapest & easiest. You only demand a fine mist and so some spot touch-ups effectually the lesser edge for a good stick.

If you want to re-utilize a dummy, no matter what you put under the fondant, y'all can put information technology in the microwave for 20 seconds--NO More-- and the fondant will peel off easily and with no mess. If the dummy is also big for your microwave, set your oven on warm (150-180 degrees), sit the dummy on a slice of aluminum foil, and leave in there for no more than 3 minutes. Over again, the fondant will pare off easily. You can launder the dummy with hot soapy water and it will be fix for another round.

HTH
Rae

JenniferMI Posted 2 Jul 2008 , 7:52pm

I apply Glad Press Due north Seal to comprehend my dummies. Works similar a CHARM! Then, yous can uncover and resuse those pricy dummies. I but put a VERY thin layer of clear piping gel on the Glad P S..... and so add fondant.

Jen

bashini Posted two Jul 2008 , 8:34pm

I always use water!

cakes80 Posted 3 Jul 2008 , 4:45pm

Wow! thank you these are great tips!! I don't think I will be reusing the dummy so that is no problem. Thank you so much!

pinkbiz Posted 3 Jul 2008 , iv:57pm

cakes80 i was a little curious of why the dummy cake? i hateful i retrieve that its a not bad idea if the helpmate wants a v tier block and can't afford it ,... lol just woundering

icer101 Posted iii Jul 2008 , 5:01pm

i also use glad press n seal.... like jenniferMI.... i also use glad press north seal when i use buttercream on dummies.... works bang-up....then you lot take a clean dummies to reuse if that is what you want to do.... the buttercream sticks to information technology wonderfully...

cakes80 Posted five Jul 2008 , 12:16pm

HI Pinkbiz, the reason for the dummy is that she wanted a pretty block for display purposes and to feed the wedding party merely she is having private cakes on each tabular array for the guests and so she doesn't need that much cake. I didn't do the private cakes equally space and manpower (little old me) couldn't realistically do that just I was all about the big pretty block.

vickymacd Posted 5 Jul 2008 , 12:45pm

I know blakescakes said to use a file to shine abroad rough edges on the dummy, just doing crafts all my life, the smoothest way to practise it is to use some other slice of styrofoam to smooth the edges.

staceyboots Posted 5 Jul 2008 , iii:27pm

BlakesCakes Posted half-dozen Jul 2008 , 8:43pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by vickymacd

I know blakescakes said to use a file to polish away crude edges on the dummy, but doing crafts all my life, the smoothest fashion to do information technology is to utilize another slice of styrofoam to smooth the edges.

If I'm lucky plenty to have a floral cream dummy (my favorite type, merely hard to come by in the right shapes & sizes), I always smooth & fifty-fifty carve it with another piece of the same floral foam.

I don't utilise that method with pebble foam because I have had (unfortunately) big chunks come loose when in that location'southward been a hard spot in the dummy. I like the fine command I get with the emery board and the ability to ge a nice, soft contour without much elbow musculus.

Rae

fauxgal Posted 2 Jan 2011 , 4:40pm

Almost people say to mist water on (don't for get to gently round all your edges first). Thinned-down (with water) Elmer'south white mucilage works well for a permanent imitation cake.

idgalpal Posted ii January 2011 , five:07pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlakesCakes

You need to smoothen the summit edge of the dummy considering if yous don't, it will cause the fondant to tear. I utilize a cheap dispensable nail file/emery board--very gently. Likewise, smooth out any other lumps, bumps, or lines the same way or they'll exist magnified in the fondant end.

You tin can certainly utilise crisco to adhere the fondant. It's a dainty smooth undercoat and can assistance end bubbling. The only drawback I find is that the dummy is then pretty hard to clean upward to apply again (the grease is hard to get off and gets an odor over time). If re-use isn't an issue, I'd say go for it. If you lot want to re-use it, then water is the cheapest & easiest. You lot only demand a fine mist and then some spot touch-ups around the bottom edge for a good stick.

If you want to re-use a dummy, no thing what you put under the fondant, you can put information technology in the microwave for twenty seconds--NO More than-- and the fondant will peel off easily and with no mess. If the dummy is too big for your microwave, ready your oven on warm (150-180 degrees), sit the dummy on a piece of aluminum foil, and leave in there for no more 3 minutes. Once again, the fondant volition peel off easily. You can wash the dummy with hot soapy h2o and information technology volition exist ready for another round.

HTH
Rae

Rae- Thanks for this great piece of advice. This weekend I had on my list to try to get all my dummies 'uncovered'. I wasn't looking forward to information technology, and had no idea how to attempt it!! Thank you again!

graciesj Posted 3 Jan 2011 , one:52am

WATER))))

idgalpal Posted 3 Jan 2011 , 2:54am

GraciesJ, Rae's method worked great and was manner less messy than water. The fondant just peeled off.

tryingcake Posted 3 January 2011 , 3:56am

I buy mine already rounded on top (Taylor Cream sells them that way). I merely mist my dummies with water. And I mean MIST - it doesn't take much to make the fondant stick. If it is giving you a fit, use sewing pins to hold information technology downwardly until y'all are done. The pins are so tiny you take to really really await to see the pin holes. Especially if you do information technology at the bottom where y'all will most likely have a border.

If you are careful, y'all tin can pare off the decorations and utilise the fondant covered dummy more than once (I go most 3-4 uses out of each time I make one.) I launder them off in the sink using a lite scrubber and they are every bit good equally new (a few times only).

When it'due south fourth dimension to supersede the fondant, it just peels off... usually - if I didn't use likewise much water. Once I had to soak it in the sink for a bit and let the cream dry out.

Anyway, I do a lot of dummies due to wedding shows and sometimes brides want a larger block than the invitee count warrants. A wedding ceremony cake for 30 guests only doesn't have the presentation almost brides seek. And then, out come the dummies. I do accuse for renting the decorated dummies and charge a refundable deposit.

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