Heavenlycakes...how Do You Do Your Letters??
Decorating By fabfour Updated 14 Jan 2006 , 7:34pm by cakefairy18
That's what I was concerned with...the melting into blobs...hahaha
I don't mind if they just soften. I'm new to all this and when the warnings were so strong about the color flow, it made me curious about the royal icing.
I've heard from many posters that the color flow decorations are a no-no, and this is what it said on the Baking 911 site: "Royal Icing turns soft when it comes into contact with any type of grease or oil, or high humidity or even buttercream icing. Be sure that all of your tools are free of grease before using to mix or decorate with. (When placing Royal Icing decorations on top of cakes covered with buttercream icing, it is a good idea to place a button of royal icing between the decoration and the buttercream icing.)"
I just wondered what your experience was personally with it. I wanted to try your technique for the letters and I just wondered how much truth was to what I had read.
I have not had the chance to try HeavenlyCakes letters yet but I have put royal icing flowers and decorations on buttercream and it has been fine for several days (or as long as the cake lasted).
I believe the main problem with royal icing breaking down when it comes in contact with grease is before it dries thoroughly.
C
no, I've never had that problem at all. My Happily Ever After cake was put together in the morning of the event and didn't get cut until 9:30 that night and the letters were on the side and I had no problems with it at all. Make sure your flood work is stiff (see my instructions above for testing the looseness of the royal once diluted).
Tara
I just found this post too, thanks a bunch! My handwritting always looks so horrible 
I'll have to try this method!
When I put royal icing flowers on a buttercream iced cake, the flowers got a "wet" look around the edges where it was touching the buttercream. It wasn't horrible looking, but I had no idea it would do that! It was my first time using royal icing.
Wow, what a great tip you have given us. I can't wait to use it!
Could you do a buttercream transfer to do lettering?
Yes you could do a BCT...just make sure that the writing is backwards when u do it and i wouldnt do single letters, but letters and a background too, to hold it all together.
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