Diamond Impressions

Decorating By newcakemaker Updated 2 Mar 2007 , 12:07pm by acookieobsession

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newcakemaker Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 8:40pm
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I am doing a groom's cake for a wedding next month and wanted to know what diamond impression mat or method would be best for buttercream. I know it is not normal to do something like that on a groom's cake but that is what they have requested to be done. I will be putting pearls at the intersections of the diamonds and wanted to make sure whatever method I used would work well with those.

thanks!

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Cake4ever Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 9:51pm
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I think any impression mat would work well with a good crusting BC. You can dust it with corn starch to take extra precaution against sticking, but it should be fine.

Hope that helps!

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newcakemaker Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 11:20pm
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Thanks! So what you are saying is that a mat that states it is for fondant would be ok?

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acookieobsession Posted 2 Mar 2007 , 12:07pm
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I have the mat from Earlene's and it is for fondant/buttercream. It will work. Just do not press down on the edge whne you are making your marks. Otherwise you will have a line across the last row of diamonds.

If the cake is chocolate use cocoa powder to dust it.

If the lines don't pres in enough use a straight edge dusted, to pres in further. I use the brown scraper from pampered chef.

the two quilt cakesin myphotos are using the impression mat. One is chcoclate buttercream the other is vanilla.

Good luck
Julia

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