Has anyone done a fondant ruffle border? I've seen cakes in the past and it looks very nice, but it also looks easy to do! But nooooooo, of course it's not - when I try to do it! I tried to practice doing one last night and I couldn't get it to work! Does anyone have any ideas how to do these? I was hoping to do it for a 14 inch round and a 10 inch round. Does anyone have any pictures of a fondant ruffle border that I can see? And is it okay to use straight fondant or should I mix it with gumpaste or Tylose? I have both at home but have never mixed them with fondant, so I have no idea how much to use of anything.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Melissa
Yes, please somebody tell us as I wanted to do this for my doll cake but gave up. Thanks for bringing this topic up!
you may be describing a "frill" border. There are cutters that make this easier, but you can fake it.
You will want a ring about 3 1/2" across (like a doughnut) of fondant. Cut it and straighten it into a line. Using a ball tool, or a toothpick, or a skewer, ruffle the outside edge by gently stretching it, not stretching the inside edge. This causes the ruffle.
you can trim and attach the ruffle with a tiny brush of water, or a line of royal, or any of the other gluey stuff.
The cutter does make it easier, but you can do a fairly decent job this way.
We saw a demo of this at the cake show in Austin this past weekend - and it was done exactly as JoAnnB described. Rolling the little ball tool (not sure what the proper name is 
) back and forth causes the "frilling". It is a very cute embellishment.
would this be what you mean? Found this on Cakes by Sam web page and it is darling. The Baby Shower 1 cake. I've already done 2 cakes based on this one. One for a 5th birthday with a tiara on top and a baby shower cake last week. All family related, no fees.
This site has gorgeous cakes. If the artist of these cakes is a member of this forum...Great Work!!! 
http://www.cakesbysam.com/store/baby_shower_cakes.html
Mary
I have a book that has the frills you're talking about but the book uses the chocolate paste. The authors are Adrian westrope & Dan Tabor. I have made snapshots of the picture on the book from my camera phone. let me figure out first how to upload the photos.
you can see it here as well: http://www.pastrywiz.com/cakes/babycrib2.htm. It is a babys crib, but it is done the same way on a cake. You can se an example in my photos.
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