How do I make cake decorations/creatures etc for cakes?!


Question: How do I make cake decorations/creatures etc for cakes?
So I wanna make a really impressive cake. One with shapes/creatures that I can make from icing. But I have no idea what Icing to use to do this. Can I make my own? Or is there icing that I can buy to so this?
Please be as detailed as possible.
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Answers:

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if you are a complete novice, rolling fondant is the easiest
you can roll it and then cut out shapes with cutters

making things like run outs, characters etc is harder and takes a lot of practice
so i would go with the fondant
you can make it yourself but getting the consistency is difficult too and you dont want to be making an "impressive" cake for it to fail under heat etc

you can stick them on either with a "glue" make with sugar & water but again if you are a novice, maybe edible glue would be better, again buying it

it really isnt as easy as it all looks
and dont forget to support your cake if it is more than one tier



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