I made my spout for my teapot cake which I wanted to be round. Problem is to dry it in the curvy shape I wanted, I had to lay it on a flat surface and now it is not round anymore because of this. Now when I attach it to the cake, one side is going to be flat and one side rounded.....sigh! How do you guys do it?

I made a teapot cake but the spout was short enough that I could set it on the end that attached to the cake while it was drying, not on it's side.

I've read this tip: put flour in a bowl and then lay a some saran wrap over it and then put your fondant piece on it. this makes a little pillow for your figure

next time use 50% gum paste 50% fondant... gum paste drys fast..

I was going to suggest laying it on soft foam to dry, which would lessen the flattening, but the flour idea sounds better.

Make sure you don't leave it exposed to light while it's drying. I made the loops for a pink fondant loop bow with MMF with some gum-tex mixed in for a cake this past Saturday. I made the loops about 4 days in advance and realized on the third day that the light had faded the top halves of the loops.