Fall's Bountiful Harvest - 916F
The basket was done in royal icing as this is a dummy cake. Grapes, plums, cherry tomatoes, garlic, cucumber, tablecloth and peppers are all made from fondant. The apple, peach, potatoes, corn, and carrots are formed rice krispy treats and then covered with fondant. Basket handle is made from gum paste. The filler 'straw' packing material is made from fondant that I forced through an extruder. It looked like whole wheat spaghetti until it dried and I broke it up into smaller pieces. I also used some of the faux straw for the end of the garlic. The wood for the table top was 5 different colors of fondant (white, tan, yellow, pumpkin orange and black) that I rolled into long ropes and then rolled it out and stained it with Ever-clear and chocolate brown petal dust. Everything was shaded with petal dust.
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Comment by Linda Wolff on October 23, 2012 at 4:18pm
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Katy and June, I'll foreword to you both what I wrote to another member a day or two ago. It goes into a full explanation on how to make the handle and what tip I used for the basket, along with how I made the fruits. Let me know if it comes through and also if it has the pictures that go with. =O)
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Comment by June Kowalczyk on October 23, 2012 at 2:52pm
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Good questions Katy. Like to know the answer to them myself. :0)
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Comment by Katy Nott on October 23, 2012 at 12:15pm
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Linda - I keep meaning to ask you. A couple of technical questions for a change.
What tip did you use to do the weave? I really like that effect and it makes a nice change from the usual weave.
The handle. Did it stand up on its own with the gumpaste or did you support it? If it stood up on it's own, how long did you leave it to dry? The handles on my Annie basket were a nightmare, but I was a bit short of time, so only left them overnight to dry and they kept collapsing. They were nothing like as big as yours either!
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Thank you Magdalena! =O)
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Comment by Magdalena Visser on October 23, 2012 at 6:53am
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Congratulations!!! A bit late but still very happy for you! It was well deserved.
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Thank you both Nancys! =O)
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Comment by Nancy King on October 21, 2012 at 7:05pm
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Congradulations!! Beautiful cake
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Comment by Nancy Lovell on October 20, 2012 at 10:51am
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This is gorgeous! You are very talented - - what detail!. I only aspire to be 1/2 as good as this some day.! way to go.
nancy
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Thank you Diane!! Sandra, be careful what you ask for.......you may get more than you anticipate......we will see.......
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Comment by Diane Curtis on October 18, 2012 at 10:55am
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Wow Linda! That's SO great! Congrats! WooHoo!!
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