Hi everyone I am new to this site and need lots of help. I am decorating a cake and cookies for my SIL baby shower next Sat. That gives me 10 days to complete this task, but with three kids under the age of 5 I have my hands full so I will get to the point. I bought the Wilton yr book and in there is a cake called "Layette on them" that is the cake I am doing and on the same page is a clothes pin cookie that I am doing for the favor. This is what I am thinking of doing, and I need yall to tell me if it will work(can ya tell I'm from TX:
1) I will use the oval cookie cutter for the cookie and
2) pipe the gray "pin" with royal icing,
3) then fill in with white royal icing leaving the top part of the cookie showing
Here is my question, can I then attach a piece of fondant(that is oval but cut in half) on the top of the "pin"to make it the saftey part of the pin? If I used royal icing it won't work right? So do I just attach the fondant with buttercream?
Any help would be great. When can I start the cookie process and can I add flavoring to the royal icing to make it taste better??

Thanks in advance for all of your help!!

KaraAnn

I guess I need to look at that pic again - been a month or so since I saw my book. I'm not really sure about the fondant's purpose - I think I understand and I think it will work.

You can start the cookies now. Freeze then plain or iced (except for the fondant.) defrost them in a single layer to protect them from smudging with the condensation. It will evaporate in a short time.

fondant could easily be added to the cookie. A small brush with a touch of water, royal, or even clear corn syrup-thinned with water will work as glue for the fondant piece.

That all sounds wonderful, really pretty.

Ok...I would use a little bigger tip for the gray, to show the pin more. Like JoAnn said, you could make the cookies now and freeze. Another thing you could do ahead it the "pin" part. I don't know what fondant you plan to use, but their's another way to make the pin. You can make a royal icing transfer. I draw my image, put wax paper over, and trace the image with royal icing. Let it dry and your done! It will taste much better than Wilton fondant. Just an idea.

Good luck

thanks everyone for the great tips!! Will the cookies be fresh if I made them now and didn't freeze them? Do I have to attach the fondant pieces with BC or can I just use water?

I looked up the cookies. I would ice the whole cookie in white first and then go over it after it's dried and do the grey. I would strongly recommend using mmf or even candy melts to make the shapes. Wilton fondant is nasty and expensive. You can attatch it with some royal icing, just save some of what you use. You can add flavors to royal icing, just make sure they're not oil based. Any of the wilton ones would work.

Well I cheated and bought fondant from a decorating store and it tasted good. I also bought candy flavoring for it. I am using that on the cake I am doing so can I just put the fondant on the cookies when they come out of the oven( the white part and the "top" of the pin) that way it melts right on? How long can they sit out? The shower is next Sat.
KaraAnn