Decorating An Iced Cake With Sweets

[Ann]

If I want to put sweets like Smarties on top of a shop bought iced birthday cake, will the colour run if I hold them on with icing?

[woofgang]

Maybe, it depends on how wet the icing is. Try using buttercream blobs to hold them on and put them on as late as you can.

[janbee]

Put them on at the last minute. Also you could try little jelly tot things. A friend recently made one with little mini oreos. What about chocolate buttons?

[B00]

Or a tiny blob of jam

[Ann]

They are actually little mini choc coated sweets in a tube which I bought in the cake decorating aisle, they look like tint smarties. I have some chocolate minstrels too, maybe try them as they are sugar coated ?

[janbee]

Whatever you choose Ann, I'm sure it'll be yumsy. If any leftovers, send a slice eh? Oooh ta xx

[Ann]

Thanks for all suggestions by the way - will leave till last minute but want them to stick so could maybe try the icing to stick them on with, but it needs to dry really.

[Ann]

Slice winging its way around 6pm Jan! it's actually an engagement cake with champagne bottle candles. As my niece has 3 young children from her first marriage I thought they may eat it if there were sweets involved ;)

[woofgang]

if the icing is water based, the sugar will melt, again, use butter icing and put them on as late as possible

[janbee]

Oh Ann, sounds fantastic. Have fun. xx

[Georgiesmum]

when i used to work in a sweet shop, a lot of people used to come in and buy packets of jelly tots to use on the top of cakes. Hope this helps.

[ducksie]

would you try M&M's as the slogan says, melt in your mouth but not in your hands (that could mean cake too) smarties just melt