How To Make an Image Icing Plaque

By: boween
Saturday, July 28 @ 16:59:47 PDT

You will need the following things: - Edible Image Printer - Piping Gel - Gumpaste - Fondant - Lollipop sticks or Popsicle sticks TIP: Lisa has put together a 3-Part "How To" Primer on Printing edible images Edible Images Chapter 1 - The Basics Edible Images Chapter 2 - Edible Paper Types & How To Apply Images to Your Cake Edible Images Chapter 3 - Troubleshooting Printer Problems / Print Quality
	Choose your image and resize it properly on your computer
	Print out your image using your edible image printer
	Cut out your image
	[Image after being cut out]
	Roll out a mixture of 50% Gumpast / 50% Fondant (MMF is not recommended)
	Remove Backing from image
	Lightly brush a thin layer of piping gel on the back of the image.
	Lay image (piping gel side down) onto your rolled out 50/50 gumpaste/fondant
	Using a knife, cut out the image
	Carefully lift out
	Smooth the edges
	Allow to dry completely (when its ready it should stand up on its own, with no softness or danger of bending)
	Once completely dried, turn your image over onto a cooling rack
	Using a small amount of royal icing, apply it to a craft popsicle stick
	Gently pressthe popsicle stick into the image Tip: Make sure you apply the stick the the bottom of your image! Otherwise it will go into your cake upside down
	Allow the royal icing to dry completely. Then stick the image on top of your cake