This little keepsake fondant wheel barrow was part of the Mother's Day/ Spring toppers that I'd made.
I opted for styrofoam for the mass of the wheel barrow as fondant flowers would have added more weight if it was made from fondant as well. You can always make this in RKT if you have it at hand. I didn't.
This topper is decorated with fondant.
To stick everything I mostly used edible glue and royal icing.
After I glued on the handles and attached the wheel I left it to dry upside down overnight.
Please note that the wheel doesn't touch the ground when turned the right way round. It has roughly about 2mm gap from the ground. The weight is borne on the 2 hind legs and the single bare cocktail stick underneath. This way the wheel doesn't loose its shape.
The colours used for the flowers are peach, pink,red(very light),lilac, yellow and eucalyptus for leaves. A light brown was used for the wheel barrow. All these colours are sugar flair.
You can always use a variety of flowers depending on the type of mods or cutters you have.
I’ve had requests from viewers asking me about the weights of toppers. Ive never worked that way. Everything is always eyeballed according to the size of the cake it goes on. Ive been doing this way for years and even though I’ve tried it I’ve found its very difficult for me to follow the weight method.
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