Posts by practiceandpatience

so basically I needed to make sure the pieces are extremely dry, no moisture left at all in them, and then they won't wilt when they hit humidity at the venue?

Is it food safe? As it will touch the consumable parts of the cake?

the items were just fine until the party, which was outdoors, then the items wilted? any way to prevent that?

Any tricks to preventing gumpaste items from wilting in humid weather??

a single action airbrush has continuous airflow, and the button will release the color.a double action airbrush will give you the control of both air and color.

Thank you all for your help! the spackle idea is a great one, (and I would never have thought of that!) except that they will not be keeping the prop as their area for storage is limited, sooo since I will be getting it back, I would...

Thank you both! you are correct Leah_s, the show will run for 8 shows over 2 1/2 weeks. I am glad you both think should be ok, I really would rather work with the fondant vs RI!!

I have been asked to make a dummy cake for our local theater. Due to the hot lights during shows, I was originally going to ice the dummies with RI., but I would prefer the modern look of fondant. Do you think fondant would hold up under...

TOO COOL!!!! THANK YOU!

I find it very ironic that I spend so much time trying to make flat cakes and they end up domed, and fight for domed cupcakes that end up flat?????just sayin