I am doing a wedding cake with scroll work on it. it will just be S's and C's with silver dragees at each end of the S's and C's. Which is better for the scroll work? bc or ri? The cake is buttercream no fondant. Please help me. I need the scroll work to not slip and slide but need the silver balls to also stick well. Thank you.

I never use Royal Icing on cakes. Only cookies. And 99% of my cakes are butter cream. Before I do my scroll work, my cake has sat in the frig to for the butter cream to "harden" or set up. I can then scroll and add dragees all day long. Good luck!!

dont use royal if you plan on putting the cake in the fridge after decorating, the royal will dissolve if your cake sweats. if your not chilling the cake and using royal you will have to stick the dragees in as you go , but i do prefer to do scrollwork with royal. Buttercream works just as well though.

thank you ddaigle and sweetcakes. Do you add any corn syrup to the bc or do you thin your bc down some?

I use buttercream on buttercream. You can use corn syrup if you want, works well.

Edna

I use buttercream on buttercream. You can use corn syrup if you want, works well.

Edna

I only use BC too. In fact the last cake I did sat in the sun for a couple of hours and it didn't budge! I was very worried, it was 90 with some humidity! It's in my photos. Post a pic when you finish it