Huge fondant/gumpaste clam shell? Is this possible?
Ok so my mom found this beauty for me
. My sisters birthday is coming up soon and I’m doing a “30s elegant little mermaid” cake for her.
Anyways, I want to make this a huge clam. The bottom of the “clam” I’m going to bake in the mold but the top I was thinking of using fondant (or would gum paste work better? i have plenty of time for it to dry out) to line the mold. Would this work if I put a thin (but not too thin) layer of fondant in the mold, let it dry, and um, I don’t know, tap it out?
Is this risky? Ugh! Please tell me it’s not. The vision I’m having for this piece is amazing if I can pull this off!
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Just had an idea..let me know if it’ll work. Place a sheet of fondant on the OUTSIDE of the mold. Invert it (before it gets stiff of course) so the “shell” pattern is visible and let it dry over the mold untill hardened.
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Farii I was going to suggest you use the outside. It will make it a lot easier to get off. I would also maybe try to make it off when it has not full hardened unless you put shortening or something from keeping the fondant from sticking to the pan.
Why not line your shell mold with cling wrap before pressing the fondant into it. Make the cling wrap hang pretty far out of the mold so you can use it to lift your fondant shell when dried. If you use fondant, you can add a lot of Tylose to help it dry. When I do that kind of think, I use Tylose until the fondant is very stiff and roll it to about 1/4 inch thick and let it dry as long as possible. You could also make pastillage, which is easy to make, for this one project (google recipe). You must work quickly because it drys very fast, but it is also very strong, much stronger than fondant or gum paste.
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Great ideas! Ill use the outside of the shell but also use cling wrap to line the inside.
Thanks Ladies!
