Hi Meg,I only feel qualified to help you with the string part of your question. I've made two guitar cakes, but nothing as detailed as the one you pictured. To make the strings, I loosened up some fondant with a lot of Crisco. I fed it...
Here is a tiny 6" castle cake I made to go along with cupcakes for my great-niece's birthday. The towers were fondant wrapped around paper towel rolls with ice cream cone turrets. I thought for its size and lack of detail, it turned out...
I love Indydebi's bc. It crusts beautifully, and I never refrigerate it. Here's a link to the recipe:http://cakecentral.com/recipe/indydebis-crisco-based-buttercream-icingI have a 5.5 qt. Cuisinart mixer, and I always double the recipe...
I made one in Nov. for my grandson and used fondant/tylose for the sails. I rolled them really thin, applied a little texture, and dried them over some mugs and containers. Here's a...
I have done two, one larger than the other, but both with the same "innards". I fastened a PVC flange to a piece of plywood and ran a PVC pipe out of it. I cut holes in the bottom cake and slid it down over the pipe. I covered the pipe...