Wire cake topper

[LionessQueen]

I'm a total baking novice but want to make ds1 a birthday cake. My plan is to make a round simple white iced cake and then cut Mickey Mouse heads and stars and stick them on. I'd also like to make a wire cake topper with stars, his name and age on - but what kind of wire do I need? I was going to make the shapes with the ready made fondant icing- will that work? Thanks!

Anyone?

You can use floristry wire (not wrapped) or any kind of craft/jewellery wire. What you need to look out for is the gauge, the lower the number, the stronger the wire. You will need something quite stiff as fondant shapes can be heavy.
You also want to get a posy pick which is a plastic tube sealed at one end, which you push into the cake, then you put the wires into that and fill it with (usually) royal icing to hold them steady. You could also just push a ball of fondant in there but you'd have to let it dry out to hold the wires.
How I do wired shapes is to cut out two thinly rolled shapes, brush a tiny bit of water or edible glue on one and sandwich the wire between the two, then leave to dry at least overnight before trying to get them upright.
Good luck!

That's excellent help, thank you very much.
The wire I'm looking at is 24 gauge- is that thick enough? The eBay listing says they use it for cake toppers.

24 is still quite thin, although it does depend how big the fondant shapes are going to be? I'd probably go for a 20 gauge or 22 just to be on the safe side