I love those cricuit things! My brother actually suggested that to me...

I wanted to sell those monogrammed cookie favors for weddings and he thought that would get me a perfect monogram.

On sale...I've seen $199. Too many dollars for me right now..but they seem very cool!

How about an edible image? My local walmart will print my picture of choice for about $8.

It looks really cute! I can't wait to see it when it's done!

Thanks so much for all the help and suggestions. You've all been so great, I'm actually a little overwhelmed at all the choices I have. I'll sit down these coming days and try out some of the techniques to see which works better for the cake. Thanks again!

I just got my Cricut last Friday! The dollar amounts are up there but you can make payments if you go through the Cricut website or HSN where I got mines! It worked out good cause I didn't have that kind ofmoney to give at one time! But I think it's a great tool for Baking! Good Luck I'm sure everything will come out great!

I would do FBCT..

Print the word in Mirror image . Pipe over it on wax paper, freeze, then apply to the cake.

Easy Peasy Mac & cheesy ....

I say write it in Royal Icing!...Practice writing!..you have time!!!..lol..Honestly, after you get used to writing
with the bag, nothing ie easier. But then again, you got to get good.

You can use an extruder, but it will be time consuming.
Print the lettering on paper, put wax paper on top, and just follow the letters with the piece of fondant. You can let it dry on top of a dummy so it takes the curved shape or even the pan.
Edna

Okay, Edna, I'm going to practice (but I'm still going to make the letters) in case I screw it up. I have no idea why I'm so bad at doing it. I guess like you said, practice gets you better. Since I do such a horrible job, I don't bother to do it.

Just make sure that if you do them in Royal Icing, you have a good consistency, if it's to runny, it will be too brittle.
And use athicker tip. Maybe a 4. The tip really depends on how big you want the letter to be and how much pressure
you put in the pressing the bag. So try a few tips until you find the one that you like the best.

Have you ever thought of printing a nice lettering and doing it in Colorflow? It would work too.

By the way Jaime Thanks..and yes wilton buttercream does holds well in hot weather..Thanks for the complements!
Edna

Yeah, I think I'm going to go that route Edna. I need to get over my "Side-Piping Phobia".

Just for reference, I still have that fobia!..
Edna

You could also buy/make some stencils of the letters you want, cut them out of acitate paper and buy the wilton spray paint color and just spray paint the stencils on the cake!
I just tried it yesterday and it worked awesome.

I was thinking maybe you can buy a foam dummy the same size as the teir with
the writing and lay it on it's side and make sure it doesn't roll away on you...
Attach your printed out font of choice to the foam, then parchment or wax paper over that so you can see the font still and then use the royal icing to trace your message and then paint let dry and use on the cake...heck..if you can cut a piece of the dummy off making one side flat then it does not have the option of rolling...and then you can use it again when you need it for the same thing another time too! Good luck though!

Haha...You have to figure to do the same with the dummy.. They roll too. But is definitively a good idea
to have one. Every decorator should!
Edna

Yeah, but like she said, I could cut the dummy in half and there you go!

Print the font in reverse, then trace with RI onto a piece of glass (like one out of a picture frame). Once dry you'll have your own press.

I like to print out a document with a font I like. (Print it in reverse) Then I lay it under some acetate and pipe over it with royal icing. When it dries press the acetate into the buttercream. I then use the impression to guide my BC piping. I have done this on the side of a 10" round cake.