How do I do this on a cake never done beofre and don't want to make it all uneven!!! Is there a trick to this? Here's one example I borrowed this picture from this site

I will be using it on a mardi gras cake but it will be square

thanks

Here's a bump cause I want to know also!

Well if I am reading this question correctly, you need to use a measuring tape and figure out teh circumfrance and then make your diamonds accordingly...Like 1 inch size diamonds, you would need nine of them etc. you also need to measure the height so you'll know how many "stacks of diamonds you can make.

I have also read that many CC members use square cookie cutters to cut the diamonds out so they are all the same size. But of course you could measure and use a pizza cutter too=)

I just bought a nesting stack of diamond shape cutters yesterday and can't wait to try them out! I obviously didn't pay enough attention in geometry because as much as I love the look of the harlequin pattern, I hated trying to figure those things out!
I might even bake a cake for DH and make it look pretty!

(I think my set was like $10.99 and has about 8 or 10 sizes in it).

Hi! I think that what you need is this metal cutter. I don´t know the name of it but I bought it at a local cake supply store in Quito, Ecuador. I guess you can find it in the US.

Oh gapi, that cutter makes me jelous

I bought a little kit from wilton that helps you measure and space the decorations on the side of a cake, that'll at least help you space them evenly once you cut them. I can't remember what it was called, maybe a cake divider?

Oh no!!!!!! it is harder thatn I though I better call the cake supply store!!!!!

bumping hoping some one has other ideas before I go to Wal mart

I saw once (I think on here) where someone used a bamboo skewer to make the impressions in the fondant. Maybe you can try that?

Well cake is for Sunday there is not time I know my cake will be all even so I just have to make sure the diamonds are perfectly the same, I bought a ruler and I forgot I have my impression mat I will see if that works to mark the rolled out fondant then cutting through

You can buy just the square cutters from wilton; (at WalMart or Michael's or Hobby Lobby) and squeeze the biggest square to make a harlequin shape. That's what I did.

If you check the pillow cake under My Photos, I did the diamond pattern on the side. I just used square cutters from Wilton. At first, I try to elongate them to look more diamond like, but I found they came out uneven, so I just kept them in the square shape and tilted it for the cake. I have seen diamond cutters, but they're so expensive, so I haven't got any yet - but it's on my list of things I want to get! Anyway, start putting your diamonds on in the back of the cake. That way, once you get them all the way around, if there's not room for a full diamond to connect in the back, you can just try to match it up the best you can, but it will be a lot less obvious than if you started in the front. Thank goodness for the backs of cakes!

I just use the little plastic impression mat ..... press it on your cake, so it is marked where you want the diamonds....... then use it on the fondant that you want to cut out and piece in....... since it it the same mat, they HAVE to match perfectly..... AND it is VERY easy, and fast !

I do this as well grama_j!

I never thought about that diamond impression mat trick! I think I have one of those, too! So how do you cut them out? Do you roll the fondant, make the impression, and then cut them out like that? What do you use to cut them with? I usually use an Xacto knife, but the blades get dull so quickly, I'm wondering if there's something else that you might use.

I never thought about that diamond impression mat trick! I think I have one of those, too! So how do you cut them out? Do you roll the fondant, make the impression, and then cut them out like that? What do you use to cut them with? I usually use an Xacto knife, but the blades get dull so quickly, I'm wondering if there's something else that you might use.

Way cool! Thanks!

Sorry, I didn that "quote" thingy backwards, but you know what I mean...

Thank God I bought the Dang thing a long time ago I only tried to use it once and I didn't have enough icing on the cake what a mess so thanks so much for the tips I will use my impression mat then

I use a pizza cutter to cut them out. I get the lines straighter that way!!! I made pizza for 4 years to get through college and know how to use a pizza cutter!