I have a cake in my photos (birthday cake for neighbor) that I did brush embroidery on crusted buttercream. I was pleased with the results, although I will say that the picture doesn't do the cake any justice. (Which is why I just bought a new digital camera!!)
Can this technique be done on crusted buttercream,or does it have to be on fondant? Any help would be great!!
bubba21, it can be done in buttercream, have a look here for some tips
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/brush.cfm
HTH
cheers
Nati
You can do it on buttercream, but not to the extent you can do it on fondant.
For some strange reason, the Wilton site above tells you to do it with buttercream, but when taught AT Wilton, it is done with royal icing 
If you do it with royal on buttercream, you risk the royal breaking down and falling off.
So, if you choose to do it on buttercream, I would recommend using buttercream. And to be honest, I don't see any reason to use water with the brush. I'd think you could just use slightly thinner buttercream icing for the embroidery outline.
Rae
Guess What!? I asked a similar questions last night, only I was hoping to do it on whipped icing. Well it worked! There will be a pic in my photos in a few minutes. I used medium consistincy buttercream icing with piping gel and a VERY soft touch. I'm pretty happy with it. So...yes you can embroider on buttercream. I would use the same consistancy icing. GOOD LUCK![/img]
Guess What!? I asked a similar questions last night, only I was hoping to do it on whipped icing. Well it worked! There will be a pic in my photos in a few minutes. I used medium consistincy buttercream icing with piping gel and a VERY soft touch. I'm pretty happy with it. So...yes you can embroider on buttercream. I would use the same consistancy icing. GOOD LUCK!
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