Could anyone help me with the best way to do water on a beach cake? Is it white icing and tinted gel? If so what color of gel.
The cake is due tomorrow. Thank you so much in advance!

You can do the white icing with blue tinted gel or blue icing with non-tinted gel

I usually either do a swirly mix of light blue and aqua icing with a bit of white on top for waves or get the clear piping gel and add a bit of blue/aqua.

HTH

I have read somwhere where you can use blue Jello for a water look, if you can carve into the cake a little , make your jello till it sets then put in your carved out area. Might work, I myself have not done it yet, but have seen the pictures and it looks just like water.

I always use piping gel tinted blue or an aqua color--super easy! For waves or splashes you can use some white buttercream mixed with just a tiny, little bit of the blue piping gel. I have some examples in my photos.

I just did one at the bakery I work for and I used piping gel tinted blue and I did not mix it up all the way so it was sort of "streaked" blue. HTH

okay ...........thank you everyone! I will play around with it and I will post a pic when I am done! Thanks!

Check out the beach cake I just did.......I don't know if this is what you want, but mine is just blue fondant.......with white buttercream waves......you can use piping gel colored blue if you need a "watery" ocean............

(I hope this comes up!)

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1393699

Smartin40 thank you and I do like the cake you just made. She wants buttercream, the fondant looks great! Thank again!!

Glad you asked, because I was thinking last night it was bout time to try a beach/summery cake! I have also heard bout doing the jello water.

I used piping gel with blue color. Turned out great for my pool cake.

I use blue icing underneath and blue gel on top (kinda swirled and messy looking like water, not smoothed).

Have fun!