How do I make small 3-D trees on a cake. Am making a golf cake and want to add trees but not sure how.

Not sure exactly what kinds of trees you are wanting, but this past Christmas I used Oreo ice cream cones and piped royal icing with the grass tip to them look like Christmas trees. They really looked great, of course I piped colored balls and stuff, but you would not want that on there now, anyway.

Good luck!

Wanda

Try doing a search for "tree" in the gallery. I just did that, and it came back with a lot of pics. Maybe find the kind you want to do and email/msg the person who made the cake?

Maybe someone who knows more than I do can help you figure out which tip it is that most pple use. I've never done one and can't remember which tips have been recommended.

But trust me, ask a question here and it WILL get replies. Help is on the way cause everyone is soooooo great!

Like already suggested, an ice cream cone works great. You can cut it down if it is to tall. I used a tip 14 to do mine.

There is a tutorial
http://www.cakecentral.com/article55-Ice-Cream-Cone-Trees-Great-for-Christmas-Cakes.html

Good luck and make sure to post some pictures.

I make all of my trees out of fondant...with a pinch of gum tex, let that harden, then use a leaf tip and by varying the pressure u get different size branches
Or...havent tried this one yet..but saw some people are using marshmallows for the base... hope your trees turn out well

Thanks for all the quick responses! I do know of the technique of using ice cream cones, but this is a last minute cake order and I do not have any of those on hand. I may try using fondant to make them, how important is adding the gum-tex because that is not something I have?

I have rolled some fondant around a pretzel rod and then made fondant leaves on top....