Help with teapot cake

What did you adhere the spout with? Melted candy melts are the best to use. I noticed your teapot sits directly on the cake, in a class I,took they put the pot on top of a fondant covered styro base, which was to look like part of the pot. Then the dowel was driven, on an angle not straight thru the cake and into the styro base. I think that was your problem, driving the dowel between the two cake boards. Also, what did you use to make the spout? I hope this helps

I made the spout from gumpaste/fondant and just glued it to the fondant cake…which did not work ;-) I thought of the styro base may have to go that route however I still would have to put a cardboard under the styro otherwise the dowels holding up the teapot would go through the the styro….right?

In the class, spout & handle were modeling choc.
To attach the spout, drive the dowel BELOW the cardboard between your cake layers. Angle it downwards,‘it will go through the cake board under your cake and into the styro base. Leave enough dowel sticking out so yo can put your spout on it. Once it hits the styro base it should be pretty secure. You do not have to have the spout dowel go thru the whole base, just enough to be secure (give it a wiggle, you’ll feel it’s secure). Just using glue to attach a gumpaste spout would not hold because of the weight, you need the dowel and the melted candy melts as your glue.

Thanks so much Margie, from all of us who need to make a teapot, for your wonderful advice.xx

Galyna, so nice of you! That’s what’s so nice about this site, everyone is eager to share their knowledge.,

Thank you Margie!! This really helps.

Hope it works out for you!

Oh gosh I really hope so, hate to get the cake there with issues. Thanks again your a great help

Viewed your cakes they are beautiful!! Just wondering if I cannot find a thinner then bummy size styro for the teapot as you mentioned would rice krispie work? just shape at bottom of teapot cover as you mentioned the dowel should hold in that right?

Also I saw your candle how did you make the snow with doughnut glaze or meringue icing? I like the way it drooped I have a cake with snow on top to do this week…Thanks again ;-)

Thank you for the compliment. My candle cake drippings are made with thinned down Royal Icing. Now for the teapot base, the styro base is a 6" circle 2" high. Place a 4" cake circle,on the top of the base and carve down to the bottom of the base—keeping the 6" diameter. Just like you would taper a cake. So the cake would rest on the 4" and the 6" diameter,is on the table. (If that makes sense) I have never used krispie treats, but it my understanding they harden very well, so that might work. I would still carve in the manner I wrote. I hope this all works out for you, good luck!