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EMERGENCY-- FONDANT BOW DISASTER NEED ONE IN A HURRY

post #1 of 22
10/2/07 at 2:42am
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I'm doing my best friend's wedding cake as a gift to her. She picked out a picture of a square cake with a big fondant ribbon on top. i'T FIVE LAYERS. I'm a bad procrastinator and very busy. We just moved 2 days ago and my stuff is everywhere. I tried for the first time a fondant bow last night until 2 am. Disaster is not the word for it. The wedding is Saturday. I know fondant has to dry several days so I think I just blew it. Where can I BUY A BIG LOOPY FONDANT BOW IN A HURRY. PLEASE HELP!
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post #2 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:04am
you can try doing one out of pure gumpaste. I have had it dry in 24 hrs, if it is not to humid. otherwise try ebay or google and see if any sites. Don't know any except for the one wilton has but it is lots of loops not just regular bow.
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post #3 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:09am
If you're in the US find a store that carries Wilton products- they have a 6 1/2 inch cake bow. It says out of stock on their website- but check your local stores- Michaels, AcMoore, Hobby Lobby, etc . Also try a local cake decorating shoppe. I'm in upstate NY and the best is in Syracuse- Top of the Cake. Their phone number is 315-463-5025. Good luck!

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=107B83C9-802D-F658-0540B53D2E2D6C50&fid=107B83D9-802D-F658-034513D0F53944FD
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post #4 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:19am
Yes, gumpaste or add tylose to your fondant is the way to go. Now when you say disaster I don't know if you mean you broke the one you had or are having trouble doing it... either way you have come to the right place icon_smile.gif

I would try it again and put a fan on it or, even better, stick it in a food dehydrator if you have access to one.
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post #5 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:29am
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My trouble is that I cannot set the loops on their side to dry because they keep buckling. I tried doing it thicker and it is still happening. I will try the store in Syracuse. I am about 1 hr from them. Thank You so much. Keep the suggestions coming. I am a basket case at this moment.
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post #6 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:33am
Take the handle off of your broom (or use something like that) and clean it good. put the ends up on something then slide your loops onto the handle and they will keep their shape.
Val
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post #7 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:33am
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Do you think if I get a white fondant bow from Michael's etc I could air brush it chocolate colored? She has to have a chocolate colored bow.
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post #8 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:38am
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I tried to do the plastic dowel rod trick but the fondant seemed to stretch. I am using Rhonda's MMF ultimate chocolate recipe. Let me tell you eating the mistakes was marvelous.
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post #9 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:40am
From their website:

6 1/2 in. Cake Bow
Perfect for all celebrationsshowers, weddings, birthday! Clever cake topper can also be used as a centerpiece, and may be colored to match your celebration with Wilton Icing Colors and/or royal icing.

You should be able to air brush it!
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post #10 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:48am
Definately call Top of the Cake first. They're so wonderfully helpful! They're open 9-5 M-F , but closed on weekends normally. If you call and someone answers they'll actually open for you! They were bought out / moved in the spring to a new addy:

4000 New Court Ave, Syracuse, NY 13206
The Top of the Cake signs are actually in the windows (a bit hard to see unless you're looking for them). It's a white building with green and red trim. The larger signs say Capaco Inc.

I don't remember seeing a bow- but I know they have many gumpaste/fondant florals and items that I didn't take the time to look at. If you're in that area Michael's Syracuse is on Route 5 in Dewitt just past the Olive Garden and last I knew they had the bow in the store!

Best wishes icon_smile.gif
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post #11 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:52am
I don't lay my loops on their side, I stuff them with loosly wadded up saran wrap and put them on my dining room table under a ceiling fan on high. I use Wilton's ready made gumpaste with nothing added and they dry fine in 24 hours or less. I also luster dust each piece before I fold or pinch together that way every nook and crannie is covered.
Hope this helps
Jibbies
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post #12 of 22
10/2/07 at 3:58am
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Thank you for the tips. I will try this. I'm just freaking right now. I'm going to try to take the rest of the week off from work to do this cake right. She is my best friend and I want to make it perfect. Thanks again for all your help.
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post #13 of 22
10/2/07 at 4:25am
Kmk I agree with people when they say use GP. That is how I make all my bows because I am also a procrastinator icon_sad.gif . If I need a bow for a Saturday cake and it is Monday , I usually wait till Wed. and make my loops. With GP if you roll thin (but not paper thin) strips and press them together quickly they will dry in a matter of 12 or so hours! icon_biggrin.gif and you can spray them icon_smile.gif. I also stick mine together with RI and prop the different layers up with wadded up paper towels and it dries rather quickly...I always do it on the bottom of the pan of the size of cake that I am putting it on. Lay a piece of wax paper on the bottom of the pan and put a blob of RI down on the wax paper and make your masterpiece. Let it dry on there...peel off the wax paper and put it on your cake icon_biggrin.gif

HTH's icon_biggrin.gif

Christi
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post #14 of 22
10/2/07 at 4:39am
BTW if you look in my gallery you will see a bow I made on Saturday evening for a cake Sunday afternoon. It's the first cake in my gallery if you care to look
Thanks
Jibbies
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post #15 of 22
10/2/07 at 4:44am
Hey KMK

I use a bunch of rolled up tissues inside my loops and leave them there till completely dry , you can also use scrunched up plastic , like those cheap shopping bags inside the loops ,
if you have normal fondant , and cmc , it will dry in 24 hours if you need it too , I make all mine in that time frame , rain, hail or shine

good luck
Let us know how it turns out

Suzy
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