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butterflywings
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:44 am |
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I'm making goal posts (just small ones, about 3-4 inches high) for my football cake. If it were you, would you make them out of gumpaste or royal icing? I don't have to put them on/in the cake until tomorrow evening at the party. Would it be better to just tint some gumpaste yellow and use a skewer to start the bottom post then form the uprights? Or do you think making them out of royal icing with a LOONG center post that would go down into the cake would work? I can do either though I kind of hate to make up a whole batch or RI for six goal posts. ButI do have a dehydrator to speed up drying if I go with gumpaste. I'm just unsure which would be better. What would you do???
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wgoat5
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:21 pm |
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My vote is for GP ( I just love that stuff  )
I hate making RI for just a little bit of detailing  |
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sugarshack
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:22 pm |
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both royal and gumpaste will soften if you are sticking it into BC. the gumpaset will soften and they will break at the insertion line. Royal might do the same thing.
I would not do royal as it is too fragile.
I would either use gumpaste or fondant with tylose and dip the ends that will be going down into the cake, touching BC, with white choc to coat them and protect it
( been there) HTH |
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wgoat5
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:28 pm |
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BUT... she could stick a hot wire at the bottom of the "posts" and stick that in a coffee stirer.... |
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butterflywings
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:45 pm |
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You are both AWESOME! Obviously, I was leaning toward the gumpaste idea more. I was thinking the Ri would be too fragile. I think I'm going to use Christi's idea to use wire and coffee stirrers (mainly because I actually have both of these on hand and won't have to go out - white chocolate would cause a run to the store).
Thank you ladies!! I will be posting pics once it is all done! |
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sugarshack
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:17 pm |
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excellent solution Ms. Goat! |
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Sugarflowers
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:38 pm |
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| wgoat5 wrote: | | BUT... she could stick a hot wire at the bottom of the "posts" and stick that in a coffee stirer.... |
This is a really good idea. Thanks!
Michele |
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