I have tried to google this and I can't seem to find the answer to my question so I thought someone here could help me. I am making a cake for a competition in a few months and I want to have the look of fabric on the bottom tier and I thought the fondant pleating would look good, I just have no idea how to do it. Here is a picture of what I am talking about:

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1300215

There are a couple of threads on here about how best to do it - I am getting an error when I try to open any of them right now. If you search for Pleating you should be able to find and hopefully open them

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=661271&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0


This thread talks about what you are doing - plus there are some links

If you Google "pleating on cakes" quite a few links come up also.




Hope this helps

Bluehue

I just got done watching the episode where Buddy from Cake Boss made the inspiration cake for that link. He uses wooden dowels to drape the fondant over , then removes them by pulling them out and bunching the folds between his hands. It's Season 2, episode9 I think. If you have Netflix it would show you how he did that cake.