What a gorgeous cake!
Being the "wet, behind the ears" beginner that I am, I feel silly throwing in my two cents....BUT, I think it looks like a mini-trowel type tool, diamond shaped...one used in sculpting clay, just laid on the icing to leave an impression. I can't wait to find out how it's really done!
I also think its a basketweave tip that is given a 1/2 twist ..or at least it appears to be that way. Has anyone figured this out yet..I'd love to hear from you if you have..
I still haven't heard back from anyone yet. I think I will call Christy. I have been working on other things so I haven't called but I will call tomorrow.
I sure hope someone finds out how this was done...
Absolutely lovely...I love weaves...and this will be a favorite if we get the instructions...
It is way tooo perfect...it might be some kind of a mat on buttercreme icing...
WOW!!! I just love this cake...
You know what it kind of looks like to me......
it looks like you use the basket weave tip and some how criss cross it in each section...
I don't know, but that's what it looks like to me...
I hope we find out...
SOON!!!!
Ok...I went to photo shop and studied it close up the best I could. It is not piped is my conclusion. It is crusted buttercream and a tool is used to make the indents into the cake. I am going to try what I think it is this weekend to see.
I'm certainly no expert, but there are lit candles on that cake. Wouldn't it have to be fondant? Any type of buttercream would melt.
I think it is an impression on the icing. Could be wrong,but that is my guess. It is beautiful!
I went to the Cake & Sugar Arts competition in Austin, TX this past weekend and one of the vendors had a rolling pin that I wondered if "Martha" used on that cake.
It's called a "Deep Basket Weave Rolling Pin" and it's shown here. It's quite angular, so I wonder if it would produce the depth that appears in that buttercream cake. I can't see the picture of the icing very well, so I could be way off the mark.
~ Sherri
I called her today...and left a message with one of her employee's. Hopefully she'll call back!
I went to the Cake & Sugar Arts competition in Austin, TX this past weekend and one of the vendors had a rolling pin that I wondered if "Martha" used on that cake.
It's called a "Deep Basket Weave Rolling Pin" and it's shown here. It's quite angular, so I wonder if it would produce the depth that appears in that buttercream cake. I can't see the picture of the icing very well, so I could be way off the mark.
~ Sherri
Hey!! I think that's it!! But instead of rolling it horizontally, they rolled it vertically!!
I don't think it is the deep basketweave rolling pin, but the picture isn't real easy to see. I say we keep looking!
I agree with mac. I have no clue how its done though. maybe they had something personally made for them, so it would be truely unique.
The same day that I entered my previous post regarding this question, I sent off an E-mail to Martha Stewart Omnimedia, requesting information on this design, along with the photo that I posted on the thread. As yet, I have not received any response. This is neither positive nor negative, as they may be researching the issue as we speak. If I receive a response from them, I will post it either way.
Theresa
I did a search on google and found this picture. Is it a similar type of basketweave? It looks like it, but I can't tell exactly.
http://www.nantucketbakeshop.com/cake16.html
Let me know what you think, Maybe I can e-mail these people, and see if they are willing to share.
Ami
Here is the cake enlarged, as much as CC would except and as much as I could without distorting it-maybe someone will know how it's made!
Oh, click on image and a window will come up then put your cursor on the image (which is the small size regular image) where you can save it-but don't save it-just press the enlargement arrows on the bottom right of the picture and it will get to the 600x800 size.
Yeah, I don't think it's a rolling pin because there are quite a few dots that are out of alignment. I wonder if they didn't use a sculping comb to get the horizontal lines and then use a triangular tool to push each section in, followed by the dots.
I've seen a similar cake in an older MS Weddings. It was done by impressing with the tip of a knife. This one looks like a paint palette knife was used.
I haven't tested out the theory on using a garnishing tool yet, but I still agree that this is not a textured rolling pin. I also think it looks like a knife of some sort, or a miniature spade. The tops of the cake also look like they did that upside down smoothing trick, but just for the top. You know, made a circle of icing and stuck in the freezer, just like a FBCT and then sat it on top.
mendhigurl - those do look similar. It wouldn't hurt to ask.
When I working on a cake this weekend, I noticed the end of one of my fondant tools looked like it could make this impression perfectly!
Here's a picture I found online, except mine's light green & seems to have a sharper end:
http://globalsugarart.com/product_image.php?imageid=2189
I've got one of those two. I did a half-hearted attempt with a garnishing tool. No luck there. The problem I had was that the tool was straight. So, I was putting an impression the length of the tool or I gouged the cake trying to get the right angle. So I didn't keep trying. I think whatever was used to make the impression was bent at an angle. Does that make sense?
I did a search on google and found this picture. Is it a similar type of basketweave? It looks like it, but I can't tell exactly.
http://www.nantucketbakeshop.com/cake16.html
ooh yes! Their cakes 2 and 16 feature that special basketweave.
http://www.nantucketbakeshop.com/cake2.html
Still no idea how it's done though.
I see that! I'm a newbie and also think that they used a 104 tip on it's side and did a little twist or something like that between the 104 lines. But who knows-I don't. LOL. Just guessing!
I can't believe no one here has tried it yet with all the expert cake decorators out there whom bake cakes all the time. Come on Cake decorators I know ya'll can do it!
Just giving some moral support here. LOL.
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