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asked June 21st 2016

Peppe pig Trees.

I have just made the trees from this tutorial and when I stand them up to put them on the cake drum the leaves and the branches are wobbly and have fallen off from the tree. I let them dry for 2 days and I used cmc. Also the height of the trees are only 10cms. Please help. Thank you. P.s. I did follow the instructions as shown

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I have just made the trees from this tutorial and when I stand them up to put them on the cake drum the leaves and the branches are wobbly and have fallen off from the tree. I let them dry for 2 days and I used cmc. Also the height of the trees are only 10cms. Please help. Thank you. P.s. I did follow the instructions as shown

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Hi SkyCakes

Depending on weather conditions, models can take longer to dry than a couple of days. Rainy, damp, or humid conditions will slow down the drying process. If it’s only the branches that have fallen off you could colour up a little royal icing or melted chocolate to use as glue. If you use white chocolate it can be coloured with a little petal dust or gel colour. Let the chocolate thicken up, pop it in a small parchment icing bag, cut a small hole at the tip and use instead of edible glue. It will set hard. Paul has made the trees in proportion to fit his scene so it looks balanced. That doesn’t mean you have to do the same. If you’d like your trees taller, make them as tall as you would like and allow several days for drying. Modelling chocolate is an alternative medium for the trees and doesn’t need drying time. Use melted chocolate as glue if using modelling chocolate. Candy melts is a good alternative and sets very fast.

Hope this helps. x

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Can you make these out of sugarpaste and cmc? As this would be a cheaper option?If so do you follow the same process?

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Yes you can or use half flowerpaste and have sugarpaste. They’ll take a few days to dry completely. The same gluing process for sticking the branches and leaves will work.

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Hi just wanted to know do you add cmc to sugarpaste when making daddy, mummy , Peppa and George?
Thank you.

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It will help to firm them up quicker if you do add it. If you want them to be just of sugarpaste, make them up well ahead of when you need them so they have plenty of time to dry. How did the trees turn out SkyCakes? x

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