Going to attempt something like this design...would you use royal icing or buttercream? (on a buttercream cake). Those ruffles almost look like fondant...
Wafer paper for the ruffles? Royal icing or sugar veil for the rest. Woof that's a gorgeous cake.
You could use fondant, as it looks like the wide stripe next to the ruffles might be fondant.
you could also use candy clay (modeling chocolate) or gum paste. or you could use royal icing for the wide parts. I wouldn't personally use royal for the ruffles as I would be paranoid about breaking.
I think it's gumpaste for the ruffles and royal icing piped on for the rest of it. Makes my hand hurt looking at it... :/
costumeczar the more I look at it the more I think you are exactly right. Yes, luckily my cake is half the size
"Makes my hand hurt looking at it... :/"
Hahaha exactly my thoughts.
I would also make sure that you get the piped lines all parallel. Looking at the cake (which is gorgeous! ) I can't help but stare at the lines in the right mirrored C. They go in the wrong direction. And also the piping on the second layer I'd a bit off. Maybe that's just me being OCD, but I noticed that straight away and for me it brakes with the otherwise quite clean and symmetric pattern.
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