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Post by chrissy on Apr 9, 2006 20:33:08 GMT -2
I have bought some silver solid chocolate heart dragees, they are quite large over 1cm and heavy, i wondered what would be the best way to attach them to the sides of a cake, if sugar glue or my gum glue would be strong enough, i would hate them to fall off....... although they are just for us......
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Post by emmascakes.co.uk on Apr 10, 2006 4:07:11 GMT -2
I'd use fairly stuff royal icing piped on to the back of the dragee and then hold it in place on the cake for a few seconds. Royal icing sticks just about anything. I use the instant tate and lyle stuff.
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Post by rach on Apr 10, 2006 11:48:41 GMT -2
i Use royal icing aswell......it stuck my cows and penguins to the slopes...lol..
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Post by chrissy on Apr 10, 2006 18:52:24 GMT -2
Thanks both of you.... i don't have any ready made but do have a packet of sugar, for just a small amount to stick about 100 hearts, how is the best way to mix the icing sugar in quantity please and do i just use water?
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Post by rach on Apr 11, 2006 4:53:04 GMT -2
i just get my icing mix and add water..and just keep stirring it till I feel I have the right consistancy for wot I want....if not I add more water or sugar depending on which way I want to go
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Post by chrissy on Apr 11, 2006 9:22:45 GMT -2
thanks rach......... hoping to do them this afternoon, but have long distance relatives coming again...... i have iced the cake this morning and paniced the icing would not be big enough, i needed 13inch circle, anyway i ended up making it huge and got loads of folds, it is terrible, looks a mess and to top it off it has cracks in the icing everywhere............ covered in them and all these folds where i cut too big, suppose i rushed it too much really........... wanted to get that bit done before the inlaws come for the day......... just letting it dry now but really it is spolit.. oh well you learnt from your mistakes, hope i can cover some of it with decor.
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Post by rach on Apr 11, 2006 10:16:39 GMT -2
just stick the hearts over it ........you will be fine..good luck
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Post by emmascakes.co.uk on Apr 11, 2006 15:15:49 GMT -2
If you're trying to stick the hearts on with normal icing sugar mix it with some egg white or it might not be strong enough - I don't know the amounts - use one eggs white and keep beating in icing sugar until it goes stiff, use an elecrtic whisk or your hand might drop off - good luck
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Post by chrissy on Apr 13, 2006 5:21:03 GMT -2
Thanks very much managed to make a little royal icing up and piped it onto each one they didn't fall off, only some of the little silver balls, but it took ages, a lesson learnt, lol........
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