Posts by CakeGalUK

Hmmm, ok so the fondant (sugarpaste) ones I made I left for 7 days and they still broke with not much pressure.    I was adding tylose to fondant, not to gumpaste. I thought fondant + tylose = gumpaste but someone else...

Although... it doesn't explain why some of you guys are able to use just fondant and have it set up!!

Ahhh ok, I thought I'd read somewhere that adding tylose effectively turned it into gumpaste. OK. So basically I either need to charge more for bows or make my own!! I don't think it's too thin - in fact I wondered if it was too thick...

Doritta - I'm not sure what you mean?Ahh ok, so mine are not right .I don't know what gumpaste IS in the UK then. Or how to make it properly. I thought it was flower paste but that is like £6 per £200 so no way I could make bows from...

Thanks for the reply OK, so fondant is the same as sugarpaste (I'm led to believe!) I've tried using just that (with no added gum) but it doesn't set up at all... as in, it stays soft. I left this one (+ tylose) to dry for 5 days as I...

Hello, I'm having problems making the 'loop' bows. They seem to end up too brittle and break too easily. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong... I take sugarpaste (usually the pre-coloured Renshaw because of the need for colour...

OK, covered! Not perfect but ok for a first attempt. It's SO heavy though, if it stays upright in the cake I will be happy... eek...I'll post pics in my gallery of the completed cake on the weekend, here are ones of the...

Try again with the picshttp://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/imag0556o.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/338/imag0557u.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/imag0558s.jpg/

Ok! So this evening I have done the moulding, I hope I have gone for enough detail but not too much, as I intend to do the finer stuff with the outer icing coat. I feel confident that the structure (glued) is strong enough, I didn't feel...

I checked your photo - nice! How big was the hand? Life size?