How Do You Make Icing Plaques

Decorating By Nermal03 Updated 2 Feb 2006 , 2:58pm by briansbaker

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Nermal03 Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:02pm
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RECENTLY I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF ICING PLAQUES ON CAKES. BOWEEN JUST RECENTLY POSTED A BUNCH OF CAKES WITH THEM. CAN ANYONE FILL ME IN ON HOW THESE ARE MADE?

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Jenn123 Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:05pm
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You can make them out of thinned royal icing or roll out MMF, cut to shape and dry.

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cakeconfections Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:11pm
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Boween Makes hers out of fondant. She cuts the plaque out of fondant according the shape that she needs a day or so a head of time to let it dry. Boween will attach the picture to the fondant with piping gel and will then let it dry. I have also done it where I have attached the shape after the fondant is dried. It really depends on what you are doing. Then use royal icing, you could also use candy melts, and attach a wooden craft stick to the back if you are going to need it to stand up.

hope this helps.

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briansbaker Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:12pm
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Hi.. Boween I believe uses 50/50.. But I have used fondant.. like said above, cutting according to your shape. and I let mine dry for about 2 days to harden.. it's fairly easy..

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Nermal03 Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:16pm
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But what is the picture made of??? It looks like hers are printed they're so perfect?

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bulldog Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:21pm
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I think boween prints out edible pictures on her printer. Someone else can give you more details on this. I do not have one, but have read about them on this site. Search the forums for edible images.

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briansbaker Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:35pm
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Boween posted step by step on her plaques
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-13474-.html

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sweetbaker Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:36pm
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Here is the first link to what Boween posted about icing image plaques:
Follow the instructions from bottom of message to the top.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-13474-0.html

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sweetbaker Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:37pm
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Here is the link to second post by Boween:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-13475.html

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sweetbaker Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:38pm
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Briansbaker, Looks like we were typing at same time.

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briansbaker Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:41pm
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LOL yup.. Boween is an amazing woman.. She has so much talent!! She is the QUEEN OF CAKES!

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Nermal03 Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:41pm
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Great thanks so much everyone, so i guess my last annoying question would be...does it have to be an edible image? Can I do the same with an image from my printer (obviously tell the customer not to eat it)???

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briansbaker Posted 2 Feb 2006 , 2:58pm
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I am not sure if the ink of your paper will work.. I didnt have piping gel at hand, I just used water to place my edible images onto the fondant.. BUT I would think reg. Ink would probably smear if it touched anything wet.. You might want to try a sample one first.. Or maybe you can laminate the photo first then apply it to the plaque with some royal icing or with some melted white choc. and add a border with royal icing so that you don't see the edges.
Good Luck and let us know how it turned out!

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