Hi,
The bride emailed me this pick and wants this design, just smaller 2 tier version, only feeding 60 people. I do not have to worry about the flowers, she is have florist do live flowers. This appears to me to be done in fondant, bride doesn't want fondant, she likes buttercream. Do you think I could ice the cake in buttercream and apply the border in fondant? That leads to my next question, I have looked on the internet for some type of mold/cutter similar to this border and cannot find one, any ideas?

Appreciate the help!
Thanks

Yes, you could definately do the cake in BC and the trim in fondant. It looks like a pearl border around the bottom of the band - you can either make your own out of fondant or you could pipe with BC - your choice. As far as the lace on the top of the fondant - can't help you there. I'm sure you can find a cutter to make a similar lace effect at a cake supply store..... Regarding the flowers - is the florist placing the flowers on your cake after you've set it up or are you placing them? Careful with that if they are . You are aware that stems cannot go directly into the cake - they must either be in water picks or flower picks or wrapped in something.....
Good luck.

Maybe you could do a rolled buttercream?http://cakecentral.com/cake_recipes_id-add_box-1603.html

The lace cutter looks like on from FMM's 4 piece straight frill cutter set.
with a hole cut out of the center. I know it is a pretty comon one.
Hope it helps!

I have a cutter at home that looks similar to the top of that "lace" piece. It looks like it was just cut out of a wider strip of fondant. I think it's an FMM cutter or a JEM. I'll look at home this evening otherwise do a search for JEM and/or FMM cutters. It's definitely one of the two. Personally, i'd go with the buttercream and fondant lace. Rolled buttercream isn't the easiest thing to work with and looks shiny or greasy on the finished cake - unless you mix it with fondant. At least that's been my experience. Whatever you decide i'm sure it will be beautiful!

Debbie

In one of the cake magazines, there is an ad for fondant ribbon, not sure of the design. If I find it, I will email it to you.

Another option would be to roll out a band of fondant and cut the top by following a peice of lace. Then go back with tips to poke holes like the top part of the fondant design on the cake.

Sorry, got ahead of myself--you could also use the lace to make an impression in the fondant. If you could find a plastic "lace" doily, that would make a nice design.

mscakes - looks like we were typing at the same time! That's the one I was talking about!

Debbie

A bride gave me this pic several years back and wanted royal icing flowers cascading down one side. It is covered in fondant with an edible ribbon on the side. I made a plain white ribbon and piped the eyelet on the edge with rolal icing or you can use BC. Check my photos it was one of my 1st wedding cakes I did last pic at the very bottom left with orange roses. Oh that was my first time making pearls.

Sharon

Good Luck on your cake! seems like evreyone helped you get everything worked out.

I agree with the rest, I wouldn't trust someone else with the flower placement as if there is any problem with the cake you are the one that made it. I don't know if this helps, but you can buy ready made fondant ribbon, I don't know if they have the same design that you are looking for, but you can check it out.

http://www.cakevisions.com/WCFondant1.htm[/quote]

Thank you all for the comments and suggestions. I searched the internet and could not find an exact match for the border, but I think I can get it close. Also the flowers, no her florist (who is her friend) is placing them on the cake, I will make sure bride is aware the stems cannot go directly in the cake. I should have asked earlier, how much would you charge for this cake? I am in Virginia about 1 hour south of DC. I was thinking $3 a serving, too much or too little? Thanks

Here's a picture of the cutters you need to create the border... The have 2-3 different sets of them..They are made by FMM.

http://www.fmmsugarcraft.com/pixs/large/CUTFRL1A.jpg

Arranging and placing flowers on fondant is much easier than placing them on buttercream. If the flowers/leaves/stems touch the cake, it will mar the buttercream. the upper tiers are going to need flower picks or long straws in order to support the arrangement.

Very pretty cake, please post pic. I would love to see a smaller version