Help! Need An Idea For This Cake!!!!

Decorating By chefdot Updated 4 Jun 2006 , 10:02pm by chefdot

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chefdot Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:32am
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OK, I have attached a pic of the invitation for this cake I have an order for. I want to incorporate the colors and design but not sure how I should do the teddy bear on the cake... any suggestions or ideas greatly appreciated! Thanx! icon_cry.gif
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freddyfl Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:36am
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I would say do a FBCT of the invite or you could always make it 3D out of fondant. That is all I can think of.

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chefdot Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:45am
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but it's a stamp so i'm not sure exactly how good that would turn out.

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freddyfl Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:50am
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hmmm, you could always just try it. You could try and make your FBCT look like the stamp. I say just play around with it and see if you like it. Otherwise you could just use the color scheme with some paw prints on it, if you are afraid trying to duplicate the bear wouldn't turn out.

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chefdot Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:51am
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i'm afraid cuz i've never tried it and i would love for it to come out still looking like a stamp of some sort... ya know?

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bush1 Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:53am
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What about an edible image?

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chefdot Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:57am
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yeah i was thinking about maybe doing that if trying a fbct doesn't turn out.
my initial thought was the sides be blue with paw prints then on the top do a border of just the brownish gold color then do the bear part on that and just tie little bows with the same ribbon. for the smash cake i might just do all blue with paw prints.

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freddyfl Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:59am
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okay here is an idea, after the buttercream has gotten good and crusted, could you take the stamps that they used (maybe whoever made the invites would loan them to you) and stamp them lightly onto the cake, then take a toothpick with royal icing dyed to those colors and outline the stamps? It would be time consuming, but I am guessing that it would work, or you could try painting the frosting on with a very fine brush. Make a sample cake and try out different techniques and see if you like any of them.

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Helendelk Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 6:00am
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Make the picture larger on adope photo then transfer and do the FBCT,,,,, It doesnt look to bad when you make it larger ....

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chefdot Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 6:02am
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i will blow up the pic and try a fbct and do the whole tracing thing on the cake and see which one turns out better... i don't have to do the cake til next month.

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pinkopossum Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 10:19am
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try that dot, at least you got some time to play around with it and see what works.

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Crimsicle Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 1:22pm
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I'd want to try to retain the "sketchy" look...might try experimenting with icing embroidery...just not dragging the icing very far from the outlne.

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lilie Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 5:23pm
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How about drawing on fondant with edible pens! You can incorperate the ribbon and paw prints some how on the sides of the cake. Maybe a gingham bow if its for a female. If you need buttercream for the cake make a royal icing (picture square) and drawing on it then lay it on the cake. Prop it up with sugar cubes so it won't go soft on you! Good luck!

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momvarden Posted 16 Apr 2006 , 6:03pm
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take a actual copy of the invite to the copy shop have it enlarged to the size you need and then call a larger bakery that does edible images and use that and accent with the other features of the invite. Hope this helps.
Sam's club might help with this. You may just want the center image and then frost differently i did tnis with some of my stuff and found that the image came out a little smaller. momvarden

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chefdot Posted 17 Apr 2006 , 1:44am
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crimsicle... what's icing embroidery?

lilie... what do you mean prop it up with sugar cubes? i'm confused, prop what up?

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chefdot Posted 17 Apr 2006 , 6:05pm
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bumping myself so hopefully someone can tell me what icing embroidery is or have any other ideas for this cake. icon_smile.gif

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lilie Posted 18 Apr 2006 , 4:25pm
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Sorry about that. The sugar cubes are used to prop the royal icing image or the fondant up off the surface of the cake. The buttercream icing will cause the royal icing image to break down. I'm not too sure about the fondant though. The sugar cubes will make the image appear to be floating off your cake a bit, unless you push them into your cake just until they are slightly raised out of the buttercream. I hope this clears up your question. If not, let me know. thumbs_up.gif
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Crimsicle Posted 19 Apr 2006 , 1:10am
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Chefdot -

My apologies. I responded to your PM to me...and it just sits in my outbox. Will NOT go anywhere. I just now realized it when I went to check if a different message to someone else had been delivered!

Icing embroidery is done by outlining a design with a single line of piping - maybe a 5 tip or so. Then, you go back and, with a flat, stiff artist brush, you brush the icing toward the center of the shape. The goal is not to fill the shape with the brushed icing...you're just creating brush strokes. Just one single, firm stroke per every brushwidth of the piped line. You end up with something that looks like crewel embroidery. It's very pretty.

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chefdot Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 7:35am
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Here's what the cake ended up looking like. Thanx for everyone's help! icon_biggrin.gif
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leta Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 7:40am
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Wow, that's georgeous. Your inside border is just beautiful and the brush embroidery is well done and a perfect technique for the picture.

Bravo!

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chefdot Posted 4 Jun 2006 , 10:02pm
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thanx, i was so proud of that and now i love using the piping gel.

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