Castle Cake, How Do I Get Brick Pattern
Decorating By shanasweets Updated 19 May 2007 , 2:15pm by 2yummy
I am thinking of making a castle cake for someone. How do I get the brick pattern. do I draw each one or is there some stamp, pen or something I can use in the fondant to get this pattern. thanks
At Hobby Lobby, in the crafts department, you can find brick "walls". They are made for the doll houses to go along the bottom for the crawl space. They come in a large plastic sheet and cost about $8 (at least when I bought mine).
If you are using buttercream, let it crust and then gently press the pattern into the frosting. If you are using fondant, roll out your fondant a little thicker than normal, lightly dust the pattern with corn starch, place this on the fondant, and then roll across the bricks. Peel away the pattern carefully and then you can cut the walls the size that you need using the brick lines. If the pattern pulls and distorts the bricks, gently push the fondant towards the center to make the bricks square again.
Good luck and I hope this works for you. If this doesn't work for you this time, you can buy rollers with the pattern. There will be sticker shock though.
Michele
get an impression mat, works great with bc also.
I got mine here (scroll down to "brick & wood, set of 2"):
http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/gumpaste/impression-mats/impression-mats.htm
Or just google "brick impression mat" to find other vendors. I love making castle cakes 
For those interested, I have posted a castle cake tutorial on http://www.cakeboss.com/CastleTutorial.aspx
Thanks for the tutorial kelleym!! It is layed out perfectly, I saved that to my favorites!! Jen
Either use an impression mat or a textured paper towel.
I just made a castle. It was from mmf. I rolled out small pieces and smashed them, and then placed them on the cake. It is in my pictures if you want to take a peek.
Whoo Hoo, all this great help.
To make a super thread, I'm including all the castle cake info:
Tutorials and Photos:
(Also Castle Cake Help: Turrets & Towers and more.)
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-207741-.html
Fairytale Castle Cake by Kathy Moore:
http://tinyurl.com/2putpt
HTH
I just made a castle. It was from mmf. I rolled out small pieces and smashed them, and then placed them on the cake. It is in my pictures if you want to take a peek.
That can look really effective, more so than impression mats (IMO - but them I'm just jealous as I can't seem to source them in New Zealand!!) Debbie Brown does them like that too so it must be good! She also has a Cinderella cake - Cindy is coming down a flight of stairs. The walls are smooth with just a little blob here and there to give the 'impression' of stone walls. It looks great. If only I could figure out how to post a pic of it!
Sorry for this interruption.
Please, no "save" posts per Jackie and other members requests.
For clarification and other save options, please read:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-2822433-.html
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JanH, you're awesome, thanks for the always posting helpful links! On another note, I never know what save meant and now I get it. Instead of writing save on a post just push the watch this topic button at the bottom of the page. Not to get off topic this thread is about castle cakes. Thanks for all the great info on castle cakes. It is another thing on my things to try list.
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