okay so i'm trying to make a cake like the soap bar from the movie "fight club" well i'm trying to figure out how to do an indention for the writing like the soap usually is

http://www.illinoisfamily.org/content/img/f33217/DoveSoap.jpg

something like that

any suggestions?

I think you might have to carve it into the cake. I would do a stencil first and transfer to the surface then carve it.

DianaJJ

I might be tempted to try making my fondant thick on the top, then using a tool of some sort (don't know if there are v-shaped cake tools--sterilized woodworking tool maybe?) to carve in the letters. Using a stencil is a good idea if you don't think you could eyeball it. Does this make sense?

I looked at google images, and to me, it doesn't look like the words are indented at all. It looks like they actually stick out from the bar of soap.

I agree that the letters are actually raised rather than indented. I would roll my fondant rather thick and cut the letters from that. I might also do a little shading around my letters so they really stand out from the base.

Another idea if you want the indented look is to use 2 layers of fondant. Cut the letters out of the top layer of fondant and spread over the 1st layer.