I am making a bowling alley cake for this weekend and needed some pointers. I am going to decorate it as a single bowling lane with the wood floor, pins, gutters and all. The customer would like buttercream instead of fondant (the accents will be in fondant), so I was wondering how can I get a wood floor look on buttercream??? Any suggestions??? Thanks!
I dont know if it would work on butter cream but I use gel food coloring on fondant. mix a little with vodka or other clear alcohol and paint in rows. add small ammounts of strait gell here and there then drag the paintbrush over them to lengthen the spot of straight color to create the apperance of boards and grain. I have a pic in my collection where i did this sorry if it does not make any sense
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Make a really liquidy color using either lemon extract or vodka and brown coloring. They make a tool that you can get at Home Depot and places that is made for faux finishing doors to replicate wood. You take and paint your piece with the brown color and then go over it after with this tool in rows. As your pulling down over it roll the tool up and down and it will give you the effect you want.
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