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asked May 22nd 2015

Troublesome Westie

Hi! Iv just finished making a Westie from the tutorials and I found that my dogs head fell off after it was covered in ganache. I tried putting an extra dowel and more ganache but it keeps falling off.
Any tips on how to keep him from beheading?
Iv made a gift box in front of him now to hold his head up and it looks really cute (and like its suppose to be that way). But for future cakes I’m a bit nervous.

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Hi! Iv just finished making a Westie from the tutorials and I found that my dogs head fell off after it was covered in ganache. I tried putting an extra dowel and more ganache but it keeps falling off.
Any tips on how to keep him from beheading?
Iv made a gift box in front of him now to hold his head up and it looks really cute (and like its suppose to be that way). But for future cakes I’m a bit nervous.

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Hi jennifer

I had this happen to me on the teddy cake which is a lot smaller but still stressful when the head falls off!! It helps to use a dowel which goes all the way down through the whole cake. Chill the cake really well after dowelling and before ganaching and then chill well after each subsequent ganaching. I think you’ve had a bit of bad luck this time, it doesn’t mean it will happen again. Well done for rescuing the situation, your cake sounds really cute.

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Thank you so much! That is great advice, will be more confident about my next one! Would be good if you could put pictures up on this Q&A.

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Hi jennifer

Paul has a google community page where you can share your picture. You can join his page here:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/113685793493558145390

Look forward to seeing your pics there!

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Perfect! Il post on it just now 🙂 thanks again

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You’re welcome! I’ll look out for it.

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That’s so lovely jennifer! I just had a quick look. I haven’t joined community so couldn’t leave a comment for you there. I know Paul will be delighted with your effort, he loves members sharing their work.

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