Where Do You Pipe The Border?
Decorating By projectqueen Updated 16 Feb 2006 , 2:17pm by stephanie214
I made a practice cake and used the Viva towel smoothing method - I still need practice but it worked GREAT!
My question is where do you pipe the shell border? The bottom border looks okay, but does the top border go only on the top of the cake around the edge or do you try to get it part on the top and part over the edge so that a little of it is on the side of the cake? Is there a particular way to do it or is it a preference kind of thing?
Your border is on the top edge or you will have a problem with it falling off.
Does it cover the edge of the cake? Or is it completely on the top?
And if the seam where the top of the cake meets the side is not straight, go in slightly from the edge and pipe straight, do not follow the seam. The straight border will fool the eye and the fact the seam isn't straight will not be noticable. Also, if you use a border in the same colour as the icing it will not be noticable but if you contrast your border colour, it will stand out. Old decorating trick.
Hugs Squirrelly
Make sure you pipe most of it on top. I did a rope border once that I had to hold up with toothpicks to take a picture of before it fell completely because I piped it too far over the edge of the cake. It was really too bad because it turned out quite nice until it started falling! Good thing it was only a practice cake for a class & not one going out for anyone to eat!!
As always, you guys come through with all the answers!
One more thing....how do you get the last shell to line up with the first one? I got all the way around and then there wasn't enough space for the last one to fit without going onto the first one.
Suggestions? Is it just a matter of better space planning once you are getting near the end?
Hi,
As far as getting the shells to line up, start at the back of the cake so if they don't line up right, no one will see. Just pipe the last one over onto the first one or the tail end slightly to the side. I take a toothpick and try to smooth it out a little bit.
Hi,
As far as getting the shells to line up, start at the back of the cake so if they don't line up right, no one will see. Just pipe the last one over onto the first one or the tail end slightly to the side. I take a toothpick and try to smooth it out a little bit.
That is right, sometimes you can fool with the size a wee bit and make it line up but think of it as a dress, there are seams and a front and back, same thing with a cake.
Hugs SQuirrelly
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