Something I kinda like popping into my mouth.

Wafer paper has no taste; but when I painted some green for leaves the other day (using Wilton food color mixed with lemon extract) then brushed on a coat of piping gel; I discovered they actually taste pretty good.

Y'all may already know this; but it was a discovery for ME. LOL

Hey! You might have just discovered a calorie/fat free way to keep from eating the cake crumbs or icing when working on a cake!! Well...maybe 3 or 4 calories...the wafer paper, extract and piping gel can't have many calories, right?? lol

LOL Gotta be less, you are right!

Didn't like how the leaves turned out, btw, so I had to eat them ALL! Equivalent to about half a sheet of wafer paper; 1 tsp lemon extract; 1 TB piping gel???

Gosh...that's only gotta be a whole whopping 8 calories! lol You can burn that off by blinking your eyes a few times!!! lol Now I know what to do when I have a craving for something fattening!

I am new to the cake decorating world, and I am interested in how the wafer paper is used, and where to get it. ( I think I read some where rice paper being used) Thank you

Hi sandie,

Welcome to Cake Central.

You can purchase the paper at most cake supply stores.

You draw a design on the paper and then color it using food color pens, food coloring or color paste or gel.

SheilaF made some pretty butterflies using the rice paper.

Sandie, you can also buy wafer paper that's already been printed with edible ink. I bought some wafer paper leaf prints and all I had to do was cut them out and apply a thin layer of piping gel to them. There is a picture of the cake with leaves in my album. I bought some plain wafer paper and was experimenting with just coloring my own leaves using colored paste mixed with extract.