Need Examples Of Fondant Basketweave???
Decorating By Kitagrl Updated 20 Sep 2010 , 7:07pm by smurffy
Can anyone help me out...I have a request for a modern looking, flat basketweave, preferably done in fondant.
I know they have impression mats for clay and stuff but I'm not sure an impression mat can make a nice clean look on fondant all the way around the cake.
Hm.
Anyone know of photos or other ideas I can study? Particularly photos...looking for a sort of flat, square look to a basketweave pattern.
Thanks!
(PS I just looked on GSA and found a nice Patchwork cutter but that seems more "traditional"...I need a more modern and "squared off" sort of pattern OR method.....Maybe I'd even need to hand-weave the fondant????)
Maybe I'd even need to hand-weave the fondant????)
I wouldn't hand-weave fondant strips when you could place the pieces individually. Have you seen this thread? http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-695198-fondant.html+basketweave
(the young girls in the YouTube video show how easy it is!)
I think I'll have to do it by hand because I need the strips to look square (not traditional)....and the request is that the cake is fondant....hm. Well they said I could pipe the basketweave if I wanted but they want one tier to be plain fondant (no weave) so I'm not going to mix fondant with piping....
Thanks!
im sure pink cake box have photos of basket weave witht eh rolling pin....sure wouldnt fancy doing it by hand!
xx
I saw the BEAUTIFUL pink cake box one!!! Love it! Wish I could use that, I think that's the cutter I saw on GSA.
But this cake is specifically supposed to match something that has a squared off, modern basketweave that's closer in look to a checkerboard than anything else...but still its basketweave.
Trying to find any options or photos before I strike out on my own and experiment. haha.
oooo martha stewart has one, a fake basket weave. does look pretty good, not like real basket weave, but more modern. just done with a sharp knife. at least im pretty sure it was hers! for some reason her site wont load properly for me.
xx
This was an older Cake Central thread. It came up when I googled fondant basket weave.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-6298535.html
Here's a link to pictures of from the website with the Sugar Rush video showing her Garden Cakes.
http://www.wildflowersbylori.com/Garden%20cakes.htm
HTH
Here's a beautiful example this placed 3rd in the spring flower contest
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1605096
HTH!
multilayered, yes, that cake is beautiful. I saved it to my favorites a while ago. But if I read correctly she piped the fondant? She said something like "basketweave done in fondant the same way as buttercream weave." I thought what a great idea, because it would be the only way to make it perfect.
I think small pieces of fondant attached one by one will never work for a big cake that's not a basket.
There are these two other examples, but I think they had long pieces of fondant that they weaved.
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=931123
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetbiznest/2184775285/lightbox/
But if I read correctly she piped the fondant? She said something like "basketweave done in fondant the same way as buttercream weave."
I took that as if it was done similar to the buttercream method as in a column at a time since you don't actually weave strips of buttercream.
I downloaded her photo when I saw it. I've enlarged it on my 30" monitor and she did such a good job that I still can't figure out how she did it. Not that I would ever ever attempt something like that (lol). The strands are almost round and there's no spots missing the weave. I found two places where there's a tiny hint of joining fondant, but other than that... perfection.
(the young girls in the YouTube video show how easy it is!)
I did this fondant basketweave using the technique in the youtube video
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1652869.html
It was pretty easy once you got into the swing of it.
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