I have seen numerous with the diamond fondant cutouts. What cutter are you using to cut out the diamond shape and where can I purchase it?

Jayla

I use the small square fondant cut outs from Wilton. Just stretch them out a bit and they work perfectly.

I'm glad you asked, I was wondering the same thing. I have a diamond cookie cutter but unfortunately, it is on a ship somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic with the rest of the move. I am making a cake this weekend that I wanted to use diamond cutouts in.

June

I did what lchristi did and just used my square wilton cut outs and pinched them on the sides to the shape of a diamond and they worked great. I have samples of what they look like after in my photos.

you could also try looking for a poker cookie cutter set. it would have a diamond in it. i dont know what size you need....but I just did a search on ebay for diamond cookie cutter and a bunch came up in poker sets and most were about 5 bucks....hope this helps!

You can actually do this pretty easily - and fast - using a sheet of fondant, a fondant cutting mat (the one with the grid), a clear plastic straigtedge, and a pizza cutter.

Lay your fondant out and trim into a square (using the grid as a guide). Then, your starting point at the top left where 2 lines cross, choose an ending point at the bottom that is 1 or 2 squares shifted to the right, line up your straightedge and make a cut diagonally all the way across. Try not to disturb the fondant sheet and keep it lined up.

Then on the top edge, move over 2 squares (if you shifted over 1 in the prev step), or 3 (if you shifted over 2), and make the same diagonal cut. Do this all the way across.

Then go back and make the same measured cuts at the same top edge starting points, angled in the other direction.

Voila - diamonds!

Did I describe that OK?

They are great for Mardi Gras cakes

Love the diamonds - I think I would probably go with the ruler and pizza cutter - that way I could control the size of the diamonds.

I make a new cardboard stencil for each cake I make with diamonds. First I take a tape measurer and measure the circumferance of the cake, then divide by the number of diamonds I want to put on to get the width of each diamond. Then I measure the height. Then I trace the demensions onto a piece of cardboard and cut it out. I use that stencil "X" amount of times to get the number of diamonds I need. I guess that's the "long" way around it, but one upside is that I now have stencils for all my pans!! As long as I stay at 2 layers per tier, I never have to "eyeball" it again. And uniformity is key.