Tooled Leather Look

Decorating By stormy Updated 20 Feb 2007 , 3:06pm by stormy

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stormy Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 1:13pm
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Hey fellow cakers.. Does anyone have an idea how to make a leather tooled look for fondant. I want to add to cake for a western look.

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Kitagrl Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 1:19pm
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I have one in my photos....we took a light tan fondant and then imprinted a design into the sides with a scroll press...and then painted it with a cocoa/oil mixture then wiped it off with a sponge....it worked really neat IMO.

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bethola Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 1:19pm
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Have you tried checking online? My cake supplier in Evansville IN, in the past, has sold an impression mat that had a look similar to leather.

Not too much help...sorry...it's REALLY early here! LOLL

Beth in KY

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jmt1714 Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 1:40pm
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Think outside of cake supply as well . . . I have found some of my best "cake tools" at home depot. try the paint section where they have impression-type tools for faux painting

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stormy Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 1:42pm
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Thanks gals. Bethola who is your supplier in Evansville ? Kitagrl beautiful cake I'll keep that in mind.

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bethola Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 1:53pm
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Ba's Kitchen Konnection on Main St. Billie, is the owner. She is THE BEST!!

Are you from this area?

Beth

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stormy Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 2:12pm
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No I'm not from the area Beth. I thought possibly she may have a web site.

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MissRobin Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 2:21pm
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This weekend on the Food Network on the show Sugar Rush, A lady was making a wedding cake that was Stacked books, they were leather and she used a scrapbooking stamp to make impressions on the fondant to replicate a leather bound book.

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bethola Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by stormy

No I'm not from the area Beth. I thought possibly she may have a web site.




No, she doesn't have a website. NOW, my fav website is beryls.com. You might check that. The shipping is reasonable (as shipping costs go) and you get your product really fast!

Beth

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dldbrou Posted 19 Feb 2007 , 9:16pm
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Don't know if it will work, but you might try a thick brown paperbag, crumple it up and open it back out. Lightly press it on the fondant and see if this will work. I've used this tecnique on walls to get a leather look, might work on fondant.

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sweetcakes Posted 20 Feb 2007 , 1:26pm
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Hobby Lobby sells this vinyl fabric that looks like embossed leather, you could try pressing some of that into the icing.

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stormy Posted 20 Feb 2007 , 2:50pm
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Thanks Sweetcakes I will take a look next time I'm at Hobby Lobby. Sounds like it could work.

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TrisCorey Posted 20 Feb 2007 , 2:56pm
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I was watching Sugar Rush on the Food Network and one of the cake makers was making a leather bound book and she was using stamps that hadn't been used for anything but food yet. The cake looked so real. She pressed the stamp into the fondant to imprint it like a leather bound book.

Maybe this will help. thumbs_up.gif

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stormy Posted 20 Feb 2007 , 3:06pm
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Thanks Tris. That was another thought that I had. That could work you would just have to be careful when you are trying to match and not overlap.

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