would love any advice on how best to do stripes on cakes ?

firstly - how to get them straight and look like they are part of the first layer of fondant that covered the cake?

secondly - how do you cover a cake completly with strips so they taper into the middle - is their a speaial way to do it? and do you put a layer of fondant on the cake first then put on the strips or do you just attach them to the buttercream/ ganash on the cake - thanks

Try some of these tutorials

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-625618-next.html&sid=d756290d1c318f70fe8ada6b56bbb3a5

http://tortentante.blogspot.com/2009/03/anleitung-streifentorte-mit-schleife.html
(google can translate it)

Youtube also has some great tutorials

thank you the cake central was a good read

everytime i try the german link it wont let me open it - frustrating

thank you for the advice - love to hear any more