I have an order for a gift box cake and need to transfer the pattern below to my cake to make is look similar to wedding gift wrap.

Any suggestions???? I think I read somewhere about using piping gel some how to transfer lettering onto icing I guess it would work with this.

Help!!!!!!

Piping gel all the way...really easy to use

Do you know where I can find instructions on how to do it with the gel? I don't want the gel on the cake, just an impression. They want the bells to be white. I thought if I could get the impression on the cake I could fill it in with white buttercream.

Try this link. Hope you can get some ideas and help you! Good Luck!
http://www.cakecentral.com/article45-How-to-Decorate-with-Piping-Gel.html
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Sory.

Thanks Sory...


Just one question....

Does the gel set on the wax paper and just leave an indention in the cake it or does it come off on the cake? I am a little confused.

i believe it will transfer to the cake... from what i read.

The gel is to outline on the wax and then imprint on the cake. After that you need to fill, using a decorating bag or a squeeze bottle. That's how I've done it before.

Try making it with royal icing. Also make a disk of royal icing a little larger than your design. After everything dries, add a wet icing layer to your disk and carefully transfer the design. After drying again, you could use it like a stamp....I've never done it, but I think it could work?

Do you have access to edible images? You can print as many of these bells that you need and cut them carefully right at the edges and just put them on the cake. Afterwards, you can touch them up with a bit of food coloring...very carefully....and it will look as though they are handpainted.

Or....you can put a copy of this image under some parchment paper and use royal icing to outline the design. Let them dry completely and then use luster dust to make them really pop....gold or silver or for a very subtle effect, just some edible glitter.....then peel them off the parchment and place them on the cake.

Or....for a more whimsical look.....put the image under parchment and take some fondant. Roll it out really thin...like spaghetti.....and follow the image to shape the fondant into the bell. Once they dry, you can paint them, luster dust, whatever and place them right on the cake.


Have fun!

Print it on acetate (transparency film or similar) using your inkjet printer.

then using a very sharp exacto knife cut it out....viola you have a stencil you can lay on the cake and use a brush or a small sponge stamp (like used in stenciling) to apply colors. Could even try applying a thin layer of icing w/ spatual for a raised effect.

if you use the gel method....this is what I do...I do my image a day ahead of time, let it dry and it will be hard, flip it on your cake and it will just leave an indent, like the wilton pattern press set, then you just outline and fill....if you need more details PM me!!

Hope that helps!!

Yet another option is to print the image out and lay it on a piece of styrofoam, trace the pattern by poking holes with a pin, this will leave little marks on the back side of your pattern. Slightly press/rub the pattern onto icing that has crusted over and it will leave an impression in your icing. From there you can outline with whatever you choose...royal icing, buttercream etc. Hope I explained that ok!

I got this great new book for Christmas that had a really cool transfer method in it. You take a piece of glass or plexi glass, place the pattern you have underneath (if you want the image to be exact you'll have to make a mirror image to put under the glass) and then pipe the pattern onto the glass with royal icing. Use a small writing tip like #2. Let the royal dry completely and if your using buttercream on your cake, let that set also. Then you can take the piece of glass with the design on it and press it into your cake like a stamp. It will leave an indentation that you can go over with icing or coloring. I hope that makes sense. The book that I got it from is called "The Complete Book ofCake Decorating with Sugarpaste" by Sylvia Coward. It has some really great British techniques and recipes! I love it.
HTH and Good Luck!
Heather

You could just Take a plastic coffee can lid and (using an exacto knife) cut out the pattern, then transfer the pattern onto the cake with your frosting. The coffee can lid would give you a thin, but sturdy stencil. Airbrushing it on would be even better if you have access to one.