I Saw This Idea And Would Like To Try It But...
Decorating By TrinaH Updated 12 Oct 2008 , 4:29pm by TrinaH
OK, I saw a round tiered spiderman cake in the gallery that has two upright spider webs on it and the creator mentioned using royal icing to make them.
My questions are 1) would you think that taking a web pattern and just piping RI over it would create a sturdy web? One web is going down the side of two layers, so it's not against the cake entirely. 2) Can you think of any other good alternatives other than RI or rolled gumpaste to create such a thing?
Here are the webs in question
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=331053
I think you would have to go over it several times with RI to make it sturdy. The lines look pretty thick to me.
I think you would have to go over it several times with RI to make it sturdy. The lines look pretty thick to me.
That's what concerns me.... that looks pretty darn thick! I'm just really not seeing how it would work with RI and still be thick!
Also, how would you attach it to the cake? Like I said, I've never really worked with RI much, but doesn't having it in contact with the shortening in the BC break it down? Or am I thinking of something else?
What an awesome cake ! Did you pm and ask her ? She might share answers to all your questions?
ld also add support by usinf florist wire or skewers on the straight parts, this would just give the icing a frame for stability so that it would not be relying purely on itself to stay up, she does slo say she made lots in case of breakage!
That's a great cake! I like the idea of doing white chocolate, but it's still very fragile. Try PMing her. I'm sure she'd help!
Also, how would you attach it to the cake? Like I said, I've never really worked with RI much, but doesn't having it in contact with the shortening in the BC break it down? Or am I thinking of something else?
I think RI doesn't like shortening/grease when it's being made. After that, should it contact bc, the break down is not instantaneous (sp). I still wait until the last possible minute, tho, to put my RI decos on bc, just in case (Murphy likes to stay at my house A LOT!!). As far as attaching the webs to the cake, I would probably attach a lollipop stick to the web with RI and insert the stick into the cake. HTH
I'm curious about the white chocolate idea ... cuz I looove me some white chocolate haha
Does anyone else think that WC might be sturdy enough for this? The cake won't be moved around or anything and I can add it to the cake right before the party.
AHHH, I need to make this cake tomorrow night and I still don't have a "plan"
I agree with fiddlesticks PM the cake artist. Most of us are willing to share our "How too's" on our cakes. Good luck.
I get the panic on sometimes too but in all honestly it will come to you just when you need and once you stop worrying hehe.. anyways i did a spiderman cake for my son a few years ago now and his weg was going from one building to another... i did however have a fondant covered cake and fondant spiderman handmade him. I use royal icing and to support it till it set i had like a thin cardboard strip covered in non stick paper and left it there until the last minute.. when the kids starting arriving seem to work fine and also i wasnt travelling anywhere with it so not sure how it would hold up otherwise... good luck cant wait to see your version..
use a bigger tip like a 4 or 5 with your royal icing, or you could extrude some gumpaste through a clay gun and glue the peices together until dry. either way make lots of spares.
If you have a clay extruder, you could use that to form long ropes out of gumpaste and shape them where the webs meet. I've done this while making tiaras instead of using royal icing. It is a lot less fragile.
Also, how would you attach it to the cake? Like I said, I've never really worked with RI much, but doesn't having it in contact with the shortening in the BC break it down? Or am I thinking of something else?
I think RI doesn't like shortening/grease when it's being made. After that, should it contact bc, the break down is not instantaneous (sp). I still wait until the last possible minute, tho, to put my RI decos on bc, just in case (Murphy likes to stay at my house A LOT!!). As far as attaching the webs to the cake, I would probably attach a lollipop stick to the web with RI and insert the stick into the cake. HTH
Royal icing is traditionally made using egg whites. Any type of grease prevented the whites from whipping up. Having said that quite a few of the top decorators will pipe royal icing on wax paper that has a thin smear of shortening on it. The royal icing decoration will dry but will release easier.
I made a RI tiara this weekend with a tip 5 I think. I let it dry overnight with a fan blowing on it. (I'm a procrastinator--I should've made it days ahead of time!) I made a test one (in other words- I screwed up!) and let it dry about 5 hours in front of the fan. It broke, so I would recommend a longer drying time. I just taped wax paper over the pattern and drew it on. It was super easy and turned out great....should be in my pics- (or not- the site must be backed up). HTH
I guess all this didn't matter anyway.... this cake was for my son's birthday party today and this morning while it was sitting on the table.... my son and my 4 yr old daughter decided to help themselves to the cake while I wasn't looking. They destroyed the borders and put their fingers all over the back side of the cake and broke most of the BC piped spider webs on the bottom layer!
All that work.... for a cake that looks like crap anyways *cry*
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