It may be piped, but it kind of looks like the piping is added to something else. Anybody got any suggestions?

TIA

~Mindy

it looks as if they are piped and then painted with luster dust. It was probably royal icing and then let harden to paint on the dust. JMO

They looked piped (royal probably) and then overpainted with gold. The blues and reds were probably coloured icing

Totally gorgeous. I love peacock feathers!

They look piped to me too
Edna

I think it's brush embroidery, I've seen this done somewhre and can't remember where!!

CakesbySam actually has a feather mold.

I had to do a peacock feather on a purse. I wasnt sure how to go about it at first, but I ended up piping it with buttercream then I painted over it all by hand. Kind of did a little brush embroidery on the center. There is a photo in my pics. Its the teal colored purse.

I don't think its royal though? It looks like a buttercream iced cake! Gorgeous too!!!!

Sometimes I wonder if there is a way to make a gold that bright that you pipe. Can it be done with piping gel?

I could be this mold with piping around it.
http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=21724&name=Peacock%20Mold%20with%20cutters%20by%20RVO

This cake is so beautiful, it is my dream to make a cake with peacock feathers on it as realistic as these feathers. I still have a long way to go...
To me it looks like the main part of the feathers where hand cut from either gumpaste or 50/50 gumpaste and fondant. Then impressed either by hand or with the bottom part of an appropriate size screw. then painted to desired color and placed on a beutifully buttercream covered cake, and the rest is free hand piping which where painted too, and also a few brush strokes directly on the cake with the paint. HTH

ABSOLUTELY NOT FAIR!!!
Posting these molds, we're going on holiday and I cannot do both

It is also my dream to do some peacock feathers. I imagine for me to reach this level of perfection it will take many, many, many failed trys...lol. I have great admiration for the caker who created that beautiful cake. Please show us your finished product and give us any tips on lessons learned during the process. I am with you in spirit as you go forward!

ok...so I zoomed in pretty far on this cake. and it does look as if something is raising the piping up for the center of the feather...meaning that the ends of the feather look as if those were piped. the middle of the feather looks more like a texture which could make this cake quite simpler to do.


I really don't know how they did the shiney colors though. I know that If I had to pain luster dust over these textures that I would have it onto the cake itself :p whoever painted it has these skills I do not poses

There's gotta be a way to make gold piping gel with highlighter dust....anyone ever tried it????

The cake is beautiful - do you know who made it? Often you can contact the decorator (even if they work for a bakery) and they will share their techniques with you.

Yeah cuz I don't think that lady could have painted all that..I mean she COULD have..but....it looks way too perfect...and some of the feather things look piped with gold.

especially the little tiny scrolls around the top edges of the cakes, if you zoom way in it looks like it was piped already colored gold. Sometimes just coloring your icing and giving the whole thing a good spray with the pearl airbrush color can get you pretty close!

just this past weekend I had to travel from AZ to Cheyenne, WY to make my cousins wedding cake. She wanted peacock feathers too. I decided to paint on the cake with airbrush color and I used some luster dusts too.

These feathers are a bit more whimsical, but I just wanted to let you know another option for getting peacock feathers on a cake. I had also looked at that photo and thought it was beautiful, but my cousin just wanted them up the front of the cake- I would have liked to add more. =0)

Good Luck!

It's from Cake Coquette - http://www.cakecoquette.com/

A close up - http://www.sanfranciscostyleunveiled.com/thelounge/2009/10/2/peacock-feather-wedding-cake.html?printerFriendly=true
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edited to add her flicker account!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21307849@N08/4467879864/

Good detective work, 7yyrt! My jaw hit the table when I perused her gallery. Holy cow. Mad skills. And whoever uses her is mega rich. I can't even imagine what those gorgeous cakes cost when they start at $8 per serving!!

brea your feathers look amazing!!!!

A person at our cake show did a cake similar to this. She cut out the shapes out of gumpaste (or fondant) and then piped with a small tip (like 1 or 0) all the lines in royal icing to make the feather texture and I think luster dusted over the top.

I'm so glad I found this thread! I'm making a wedding cake with peacock feathers for my friends this Labor Day, and I've been stumped about how to create the feathers. I love the cakes in both photos, especially brea's with the feathers airbrushed directly onto the cake.
The difference with mine is that it will be chocolate. Can I paint on chocolate ganache with airbrush color, or can you only do that with fondant?