I have a bride that found this design on the Wedding Channel site and I cannot tell for the life of me what the technique of the ribbon is??

If someone could point me in the direction of a larger picture to figure this out...or a site...or SOMETHING I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!

It looks like it was made with one of those textured chocolate ribbon moulds - our cake dec shop sells them - then piped with some pearls (the dots). I was thinking at first it might have been piping/overpiping but it looks a bit random for that!

I hope you find some answers from those in the know

(edited for spelling!)

Sorry, I don't know, but I'll give a bump. The cake is beautiful.

Honestly this looks like overlapping string work made to look like ribbon with sugar pearsl as the accent.

Here's a link to the cake photo you posted. http://galleries.weddingchannel.com/Wedding-Details/42932/detailview.aspx?id=42932&type=19&WC+Galleries=Cakes&WC+Cake+Shapes=Round&pageIndex=1&PgReferrer=%2fresults.aspx&MsdVisit=1

I tried to get the photo larger but it is a fixed size. I'll try to enlarge it and send it to you.

Forgot to tell you that the cake was from Gateaux, Inc. Here's a link to their website:

http://www.gateaux-inc.com/

You could email them and ask about it. The worst they can say is no

First - that cake is gorgeous! Second, they really might tell you. I emailed Martha Stewart's people about how to make one of her cakes and they emailed me back. Of course I also emailed Wendy Kromer and didn't get a response. But you never know.

Second - I love that website! Thanks for sharing Gateaux-Inc with us!

Their description of the cake says they are "fondant bands accented in royal icing and edible pearls" so I'd say the person who said it is string work is closest to being correct. Good job, Watson!

I found the cake on the gateaux site and it says they are fondant bands with royal icing and pearl accents. could it possibly be cornelli lace? would the bride really be able to tell the difference if you did something slightly different, as long as the effect was the same?

omg! you guys are great! I am on my way to the website!

THANKS!

It looks like Sugar Veil to me. You do it on a silicone baking sheet, let it dry, then you can cut it and wrap it around like they did. It stays flexible.

Oh my! It's great!

http://www.sugarveil.com/

Sugar veil was my first thought, too.

That's a beautiful cake!

It doesn't look as if every line is the same, Put your fondan ribon around the cakes & just pipe thin lines criscrossing with either RI or the unbreakable edible white gel by Orchard, you can get it from Global.

To me it almost looks like a First Impression lace mold with pearl accents. THAT would be easy enough. And you can overpipe it with royal too to give it more depth.

Good luck!!

Lisa

I would think in a short time getting a impression mold would be the best and quickest solution.

You can locate the wedding cake photo on your computer and right click on the image, and use the "open with" option and choose Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and then use the zoom in feature you can make the photo fairly large and see more of the detail. It may start to get a little blurry the larger you make it, but it gives you a better view of the details.

Just a tip I learned many months ago when I was researching a cake I needed to do.

Thanks for the ideas everyone! I think I am going to have to try the easiest idea out first (royal icing on fondant) and then go from there. The cake is not until September...but I have to determine whether this is a little more difficult of a technique than she intended.

Do you guys think that this technique should up the cost of the price per serving?