I love this and thank her so much for sharing! This is the smoothest I've ever been able to get my icing. I need to get a larger roller. The one I have is only a 4 inch because that's all Wally World had. It works GREAT though. Try it, you'll like it

I am trying to remember,use the foam roller dry or damp?

I have been telling others about this tequniche (sp) And have yet to try it myself. Will be doing it next weekend. I have a three tier wedding cake going out then. Crossing fingers.

Can you elaborate on the technique? I'd like to know more about it.

do you roll over something though....I just cant picture it....do you have to worry about the roller being food safe? I have really been wanting to try it though....I bet if I used it over parchment paper or viva that it would still work just as well (wouldnt it)?

Here's the link to the original post. I need to try this!

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-42675-melvira.html+roller

Pam

I'm so excited, going to try it tomorrow on granddaughter's B'day cake.

Can someone share a picture where they used this technique?

I used it dry directly on the cake. It was great. I much prefer it to the Viva and printer paper techniques. I wish I'd have posted a photo of my cake when I posted the original thread. I was putting the writing on the cake (black, of course) and dripped a big glob on the side of the cake because the bag I used split.....argh. Of course, I had already started decorating the side so wasn't able to smooth it out as good as it was when I began decorating.

I tried this today, & it left a texture on the icing. It did help, but I still had to hot knife it.

well I bought my sponge roller today and I am making two little 6" cakes for thanksgiving one for my mom and one for my daughter so I can try 2 different decorating tecniques. I am so excited to try this roller thingy I cant wait. I also made my first tootsie roll roses to put on daughters cake they turned out sooooooo cute lol. Jeeze I wish I had a digital camera I never get to post any of my finished cakes and cookies lol

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-29837-starburst.html+roses

I used the foam roller on the pink iPod Nano cake in my photos and it worked great. I let it crust and then rolled lightly and got a very smooth finish.

I've never heard of this technique. What kind of foam roller?

MaryBun - check out page one of this post for the original post, Melvira posted a picture of the foam roller there.

Melvira -YOU ROCK!!!!!!! That is the most awesome tool in my arsenal now. I did 3 cakes on Saturday and every one of them had the most professional finish to them. My husband has been after me to get my cakes smoother (he's my critic! LOL) and he had NOTHING to say after seeing your cute little trick. I was only able to find the 4" roller at our walmart but will be checking in with the supercenter in the next town over. Thank you thank you thank you for sharing such as spectacular tip with all of us on CC!

Rrufus83

Hi everyone. This technique sounds interesting and really does sound like it would work. But I have to admit that I'm hesitant to use the foam roller directly on the icing because of the food safety issue. I know that it's not FDA approved for using it with food so even though I want to try it out, I have some reservations. Anyone else with reservations on using this tool for this purpose or am I just being overly cautious???

I helped you stifle the DH???? HOLY MOLY!!

Please make check payable to.... hahahahah!!

But seriously, I am so happy to hear that. Anything I can do to help is my goal!! I assume you mean he is your critic in the sense that he is honest with you, but not being a jerk.

butternut, I had the same concern...so I simply used the roller over parchment paper......still worked great and I had the added assurance that it wasnt touching my cake!

I have my roller all ready - but no cake to bake . The last 2 I made w/ whipped BC. I wanna try it!!!!

Maybe chocolate cake for dinner!

Come on Missy... doesn't your family deserve a cake for their enjoyment? *wink wink, nudge nudge*

Thanks so much for your replies. I really appreciate it. I did also have a question about using Viva paper towels at first. So, I wrote to Kimberly Clark and asked them about the safety of using paper towels directly on top of the icing and I received a response from them. I'll copy and paste what I received. Thanks again, everyone.

Thanks for your e-mail about KLEENEX® VIVA® paper towels.

Please be assured this product is made with 100% virgin wood fiber. Our paper towels are designed for a wide variety of household wiping and cleaning purposes. If used for food preparation, we recommend that consumers use white (unprinted) paper towels.

Thanks again for your e-mail.


Sue
Consumer Services
Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Yes Melvira, I did mean in the honest way, not being mean at all! As a matter of fact - no ONE else is supposed to criticize even a crumb of anything I make! But he takes care to let me know when its not up to snuff!

I just tried the sponge roller last night. Awesome-perfectly smooth cake! Sorry I don't have a cake to post because DH cut into it. He couldn't wait. LOL He could smell the caramel. I flavored the cake mix with the vanilla caramel creamer. That stuff is to die for! Great tips on this site.