Help with towel cake please!!

lrlrip

I want to make a small towel cake as a gift but do not want to roll the towel as I want the centre hollow. I have used a ring of cardboard to put the towel round but it is not stiff enough to stand up. What can I put in the middle to make it firmer before putting things on top?

lizalloareds

Would a dummy cake do, they are round and made of polystyrene

s23xy_c

Why do u want the centre hollow? That might help us with suggestions. How big do u need the centre to be?

moonpenny

Hi Irlrip
Not sure if you meant you had wrapped the towel in card or put card in centre????
when I make my Nappy cakes, I put a tube of card in the middle and all my bits and pieces go into that. Is that what you mean? are you wanting to put something inside?

addictedtolush

Hey, when I make towel cakes I make them hollow in the middle and then use tissue to make it firm, I then add things on top. Its amazing how scrunched tissue can be so sturdy! Hope that helps :-) x

lrlrip

Thanks for all the replies. I put a thin piece of card inside the towel and tied it with a plant pot in the middle to get the shape. Once removing the pot I put a firmer piece of card in the middle like a tube and filled with tissue paper. Everything sat nicely on the top of it