Has anyone ever put a Laminated picture on a cake then put a border around it.I have a Anniversary cake to make and wanted to put a picture on it but the lady doesn't want the edible ink which I don't have anyway. Any ideas are welcomed.

I haven't personally done it, but I've seen other people do it. I think it would work fine.

I did it here. It's no big deal.

I haven't done it, but sounds like a great idea!

I'm going to write that one down. Sounds like a great idea to me.

I did it on a book cake...in my photos.

I do it ALL THE TIME! Make sure you cut the plastic with a ridge around the picture sealed well, the first time i did it, I cut around the actual picture which left the paper edge exposed enough for grease to set in.

Interesting! I never would have thought to do that.

Thanks for the tip LittleLinda!

I did one on a cupcake cake after I got tired of fighting with my edible ink printer!

Like you, my customer did not want edible icing, she wanted to keep the Chivas label however trying to get a laminated label to bend around a cake bottle and stay would have been impossible, In the picture I have attached, I did not actually laminate the label, I covered both sides in clear contact. That way it kept it flexible so I could attach it around the bottle - a laminated one would have been too rigid.

You laminated one will be fine.

Best of Luck

Thanks for posting this question because i have been thinking of doing the exactly the same thing because i don't have an edible ink printer nor do i know where to get them printed plus i only wanted to print a very small photo

Anyhoo can i pop in a question......so is the laminate ok to put directly on buttercream as well as fondant then? Or do you put something extra underneath the photo?

I don't have an edible image printer so when I did my wine bottle cake I just rolled a very thin gumpaste sheet and put my label on that. Then I stuck it on to my cake.

I've printed the image onto a clear overhead projector sheet. The ink side is face up, so the ink has no contact with the cake. It only works with a white or very light colored cake.

I've used a laminated photo on a cake with no prob.

Leahk, that idea of printing onto an OHP transparency is a great one. I hadn't thought of that. And it would be more flexible than a laminated pic too.
Thanks for the tip.

No problem!

Before I started doing my own cakes, I was getting them from the local grocery store. One year, my DD wanted a cartoon character on her cake - Atomic Betty. Unfortunately, Betty was so new on the scene, there was nothing out there (as far as cake toppers go). I asked the cake people if they would scan a photo, but they said because of copyright, No. I then asked if I provided a laminated photo, could they put that on. No problem. So I made up a cake topper that covered the whole thing, and they just piped shells around it to keep it down. DD still has that laminated picture on her wall.

FWIW contact paper is not considered food safe (there are a few threads on this - that info comes from the manufacturer itself). Since it's a flexible plastic it's got the dreaded phlalates in it I think (good grief don't make me look up the spelling on that one LOL). I use it for cake boards all of the time but my main cake is always on its own cake circle first. If I were to try it to cover an image with it for use directly on my icing, I would probably place it on some kind of barrier, whether parchment paper, a strip of fondant meant to be removed, etc., something that would keep it from coming in contact with my cake. JMO!

Not trying to start a debate about the safety of contact paper; just trying to make sure y'all know what the manufacturer says about that product

yeh i would feel better about putting a piece of paper, baking paper or something underneath it too

walmart will make edible images for you if you ever need one just take them the picture and they put it on frosting sheet for you cost 6.50.

wow...i've actually never heard of that until now!