Hi all I need help please I going to make a tool box cake with butter cream frosting . and hopefully wood grain 2x4 the question is how can I get the wood look ? may thinking so for tint the frosting a light tan than what?
thank you sammie

I just did one today. It's in my photos as a shoe box cake.

Take 1/2 white fondant, 1/2 colored fondant (I wanted maple wood so I did ivory and a tiny bit of copper). It'll be lighter than the finished product. Twist the two colors together but not so much that they blend all the way. I covered my cake board with it so I made markings like wooden boards then. Then I brushed a little bit of brown food coloring (mixed with clear vanilla) over it to get the effect I wanted. HTH

I might be difficult to get wood grain with buttercream. Perhaps you could base ice it in tan, then use a brown to pipe on the woodgrain? If you use crusting BC, you can smooth the two together w/ Viva after it crusts.

I found a stencil for wood grain at a hobby store. (Or make your own) Do a base color in buttercream. Let it crust then stencil on the wood grain in slightly darker color.

Even better!!

You can make wood grain on BC! It's easy! See my cake here:

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1335332

I started with white BC..you could do a light brown. I drew in all the lines with a paint brush. I used a ruler to do the lines around the top. Once I had all the details on, I airbrushed it. I did a lighter coat first, then a darker coat. With the second coat, I paid close attention to the lines in the grain to highlight those.

HTH and if I can help more send me a PM or email!

I found it either at Menards or BenFranklin. Menards stencils are by the paint. Ben Franklin's the stencils were in a hobby isle with a bunch of other stencils.

Thanks Grams! I'll go check those out this week.