Hello all you fabulous cake decorators!
I'm thinking of doing a sort of twisted rope "garland" for a wedding cake in April - the bride's colors are ivory and red, so instead of regular drop strings or a zig zag garland - I'm thinking of a red, thin twisted rope garland instead and using red luster dust on after it. My questions are this - has anyone out there done this or have pictures of it? I'm hoping they'll attach with royal icing. Would regular fondant work or do I have to make it out of gumpaste? Do I do each "garland" ahead of time and let them dry and then attach them, or do I put them right on the cake and let them dry there? Also, has anyone had problems with a dark color like red bleeding onto the cake underneath? It will be a fondant cake, and I'm hoping to use MMF for it.
Any help and/or pictures would be so much appreciated! Thanks!
Melissa
Hi Melissa,
That sounds like an interesting idea.
I've never had problems with my colors bleeding.
I would do the rope with MMF...doesn't dry as quickly as fondant and the taste is not bad. You should be fine using the Royal Icing as a glue.
I have a cake in my gallery with fondant ropes painted with gold luster dust. I made the ropes the day before I decorated and painted with luster dust. Then I sealed them in two zip lock bags to keep them pliable. The next day I frosted the cake and covered in fondant. Then I attached the ropes with water. No problemsat all, but using royal is a good idea.
Rope borders are relatively simple, I've used one here on the Santa cake.
I just rolled out the two pieces of fondant, then twisted them together before placing them around the base of the cake.
I didn't use water, royal icing or anything, the softness of the fondant meant it attached itself to the cake quite well, but then it wasn't a wedding cake, it was just for a class party, so I wasn't being to careful 
I would use royal icing in tiny dots to attach it, I would be concerned using water, that the red colour would mark your cake.
Good luck
Fran
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No problem. It took me a while to find the photo link too! Let us know how it turns out!
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