I'm needing to know how to ice a wedding cake that will be done with the basketweave technique.
Do I put the basketweave layer over the crumb coat layer or should I add another thin layer of buttercream (actually, I will be using the crusting creamcheese recipe) before adding the basketweave?
Thanks for your help!
I always apply a thin layer of buttercream under my basketweave!
i always do a crumb coating, but a thick one in that the cake doesn't show through! have fun with it - they are so pretty!
beth
I'm needing to know how to ice a wedding cake that will be done with the basketweave technique.
Do I put the basketweave layer over the crumb coat layer or should I add another thin layer of buttercream (actually, I will be using the crusting creamcheese recipe) before adding the basketweave?
Thanks for your help!
It depends on how thickly you put your crumbcoat on. Many people put it on so thin, you can see the cake through it.
I use a thinned down apricot glaze as my crumbcoat but under basketweave I put a thin layer of buttercream also. You don't want it too thick of the basketweave will start pulling away because of the weight of all the icing, we have seen that happen several times before. So I think I would just go with a thin but not see-through application of buttercream that serves as your crumbcoat and also hides the cake itself well. May I also suggest you do a trial run with that cream cheese icing. Generally every single creamcheese icing I have tried is very sensitive to the heat of your hands and sometimes it doesn't work all that well for a basketweave application if you tend to have warm hands. If you could do a trial run on a small cake or loave, just to see how it works for you, I think you will feel better when you do the cake for the big day.
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i agree with squirelly (and who DOESNT!!!) she's the master!!! 
anyway, heat does effect it. in my pics i did a basketweave with cream cheese and my hand heat totally effected the icing. it was not looking good! but i figured out in order to combat the heat was to weave a portion of the cake, then place the piping bag in the freezer for a couple minutes, weave some more, place in freezer, repeat.
a crusting one like you'll be using i think would be much easier, however, you may still want to do the rest, freeze, rest cycle! it's a pain but will preserve the integrity of your icing consistency, very KEY with basketweave.
good luck!!
beth
Quote i agree with squirelly (and who DOESNT!!!) she's the master!!! End of Quote
Holy Thomas Crapper, did I have a sex change, I thought I was the Mistress, oh wait, that was just another dream starring Richard Gere! 
LOL!
hey, i think i had that same richard gere dream~!
ok, i meant mistress. (im curtsying right now). 
LOL!
hey, i think i had that same richard gere dream~!
ok, i meant mistress. (im curtsying right now).
Heehee, well you better be curtsying if you were after my Richard, haha! Them's fighting grounds!
Eeeww, Richard Gere, he's kind of on the old side isn't he? I think I will stick with my Brad Pitt dreams!
Eeeww, Richard Gere, he's kind of on the old side isn't he? I think I will stick with my Brad Pitt dreams!
Them's also fighting words, he is only 5 years older than me! Brad Pitt would be, well like I was Cher...
I just recieved and order for a garden wedding with a basket weave. She decided to go with a dummy cake for outside and slab cakes left in the kitchen. So my question is for the dummy cake should I use royal icing to do the basket weave in since it will be hot in August and the cake is left out side for several hours. She wanted it in rolled fondant but can you do basket weave in rolled fondant I would think that could be a challange.
Eeeww, Richard Gere, he's kind of on the old side isn't he? I think I will stick with my Brad Pitt dreams!
Them's also fighting words, he is only 5 years older than me!
Brad Pitt would be, well like I was Cher...
Ha Ha, didn't mean to date you! Richard Gere has just always reminded my of a father , not a babe like image!
I just recieved and order for a garden wedding with a basket weave. She decided to go with a dummy cake for outside and slab cakes left in the kitchen. So my question is for the dummy cake should I use royal icing to do the basket weave in since it will be hot in August and the cake is left out side for several hours. She wanted it in rolled fondant but can you do basket weave in rolled fondant I would think that could be a challange.
You likely could rolled the fondant and cut all the strips but that seems like a huge waste of time and fondant. You would have to smooth cover with fondant first and cut strips, I wouldn't be bothered. I would just go wth the Royal Icing too. Either way, you will still have to watch the temperature outside and keep the cake in the shade as sugar will melt eventually.
Hugs Squirrelly
Eeeww, Richard Gere, he's kind of on the old side isn't he? I think I will stick with my Brad Pitt dreams!
Them's also fighting words, he is only 5 years older than me!
Brad Pitt would be, well like I was Cher... Ha Ha, didn't mean to date you! Richard Gere has just always reminded my of a father , not a babe like image!
Haha, well you know, he was a babe back in my babe days, haha! But he is forever in his 20's in my dreams, haha, come to think of it, me too!
Hugs Squirrelly
too funny! im sending mental hugs to richard right now - ammmmmm, ammmmmm
i almost fell out of my chair about richard being old! i guess that makes me old too. funny how that happens. i still think robert redford is the greatest - even if he is 100
too funny! im sending mental hugs to richard right now - ammmmmm, ammmmmm
i almost fell out of my chair about richard being old! i guess that makes me old too. funny how that happens. i still think robert redford is the greatest - even if he is 100
Nah, it doesn't make us old, it makes everyone else younger though...
I love Redford too!
Hugs Squirrelly
too funny! im sending mental hugs to richard right now - ammmmmm, ammmmmm
i almost fell out of my chair about richard being old! i guess that makes me old too. funny how that happens. i still think robert redford is the greatest - even if he is 100
You know, I am 32 and I still think Robert Redford is hot! Age doesn't matter. Some of the sexiest people are older than me. Maybe it is the wisdom???? Nah...they are just hot 
Oh, and just to keep on the subject, I think royal is definately the way to go. Fondant would be realllllly time consuming and a waste of fondant.
Yes, sorry for hijacking the post horsing around, I just found some topics a bit serious today and thought it would lighten up things. Sorry about that!
Hugs Squirrelly Gere er Cakes
I think it is good to play around....laughter is the best medicine, a happy heart is a healthy heart, etc...etc...etc...no need to apologize! Keep up the good work
subject? what subject? ha ha. i love the rabbit trails 
anyway, i'll my 2 cents worth - royal over fondant for sure! good luck!
I just recieved and order for a garden wedding with a basket weave. She decided to go with a dummy cake for outside and slab cakes left in the kitchen. So my question is for the dummy cake should I use royal icing to do the basket weave in since it will be hot in August and the cake is left out side for several hours. She wanted it in rolled fondant but can you do basket weave in rolled fondant I would think that could be a challange.
You could use a textured rolling pin with a basketweave pattern if you wanted to do it with fondant. I have a cake in my album where the textured rolling pin was used. It's the sewing basket cake.
How about trying the new martha's basketweave technique? It's in the how to's on the home page. It's really easy and I bet it would be even easier on fondant rather than buttercream.
BTW- Maybe I will understand the sexy old guy thing when I hit 30, I still have a couple more years at 28. LOL!
wow tamiAZ that is an amazing cake!!! ok, i'd recant my last post if i could, but i can't. fondant would be a lot easier on your hands (especially if you have a little carpel tunnel going on). going to check out the martha stewart site now! thanks for the tip!
beth
That is a really gorgeous cake Tami, wonderful! I guess I was thinking that the strips would look more like it was icing and not fondant since she is serving buttercream covered sheetcakes and this is a dummy cake. But I guess it doesn't really matter unless the sheet cakes are done with basketweave on the sides too, it is mostly for appearances. True though, that would be much easier. Haha, I am not used to people not matching the dummy cake to the sheet cakes.
Hugs Squirrelly
I just recieved and order for a garden wedding with a basket weave. She decided to go with a dummy cake for outside and slab cakes left in the kitchen. So my question is for the dummy cake should I use royal icing to do the basket weave in since it will be hot in August and the cake is left out side for several hours. She wanted it in rolled fondant but can you do basket weave in rolled fondant I would think that could be a challange.
You could use a textured rolling pin with a basketweave pattern if you wanted to do it with fondant. I have a cake in my album where the textured rolling pin was used. It's the sewing basket cake.
Thank you so much I really love your cake where did you get your rolling pin basketweave. Thats what I'll do this is a very elegant wedding that I will be doing and that baskekweave is very clean and sharp looking.
Sharon
It is gorgeous and really perfect and sharp looking, isn't it, really nice texture! But I guess to me it is not like real basketweave because baskets or woven items are never perfect and they have more dimension because of the overlaps. I find though I really like the textures the mats and rolling pins provide, they sort of remind me of the laminate wood that people use instead or real hardwood. So you have the stamped impression of the wood grain but not the depth or dimension? Heehe, guess I am old-fashioned!
Hugs Squirrelly
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