I`m doing a cake with hard wood floors...like a basketball court but I`m not sure how to get the hard wood floor look. Any help would be awesome.Thanks
I would suggest cutting individual stripes of fondant and lay them on the cake or board like you were installing a hardwood floor. You could lightly score the fondant with a knife to create a woodgrain pattern and then brush the floor with a mixture of brown gel colour and vodka. Good luck!
That's the way I've done a few cakes now. I started with a light brown chocolate fondant and Painted with warm brown and a little yellow or gold color as well.
Another option is marbling your fondant.
I lay tinted, rolled fondant on the cake board. Then I take a ruler (plastic) and laying it on its side make lines to resemble the boards. I then lightly cut irregular lengths into the boards. Take the end of a toothpick and lightly mark the fondant boards. Then wash the boards with a darker color so the color seeps into the wood grain you just placed on the boards. It is quite simple.
Depending upon how much time you've allotted to make the floor, you might be able to make the floor with just a solid sheet of fondant that you score fairly deeply to mark the edges of each floor board (ie: with a knife and a ruler) then make lighter impressions for the actual wood grain. I agree with the idea of painting with gel and vodka. Here's a pic of a wood barrel I made using white fondant, then brushing on brown gel color mixed with vodka - http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1697144.
I find it easier to cover the entire board with marblelized fondant (light yellow and white) and then score (Haha, pun intended!) the lines with a large yard stick ruler. I use a chef's knife and start giving the fondant scratches.
I know that basketball stadiums have a light wood graninig too it. While I would give a wood graining effect usually with a little yellow and brown (with vodka), for this purpose, I would just use ivory and vodka to grain and color the fondant once on the board.
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