If I Wanted To Have Images Stand Up On A Cake How Would I...
Decorating By buttercreamkisses Updated 16 May 2007 , 12:45am by ombaker
accomplish this? I am doing the cake at a children's book themed baby shower. The cake I have pictured in my head has characters all around the cake (kinda stuck on like plaques).
I looked into (and attempted) FBCT but the application seems to lend itself more for flat transfer onto a cake. I'm wanting to make a 2-D item stand up on the sides of the cake.
I saw a picture in the gallery (I think it was a Alice in Wonderland) that had something similar but I didn't save it.
would the tutorial for Royal Icing Transfer work the same way (just with RI)?
And inbetween colors do I need to freeze the transfer-I noticed on my give a mouse a cookie transfer that some of the colors seeped into one another.
I agree with miz!! I do all of my FCBT in royal icing because it dries hard and the colors do not run into each other. I mean you have to work fast, justin case you need to correct something but I love them w/roayl icing.
I'm off tomorrow. I'll give them another try and post pics if they turn out. Do you suggest a RI or will Wilton Class RI work?
RI--only stuff I will use:
4 egg whites at room temp
3 1/2c powdered sugar
1 tbs lemon juice (I don't always use this)
beat the egg whites till stiff but not dry, slowly add the sugar. If you need more sugar, add more. I add the lemon juice to make it smoother so it pipes better but I don't always use it. It does make a difference though.
as my daughter would say, 'easy peezy lemon squeezy'
I really prefer the chocolate transfers for images that I want to stand up. Plus they taste good! If you arent familiar
http://www.geocities.com/heathers_cakes2000/chocolatedemo.html?1109787013625
I have quite a few in my gallery if you need to see what I mean.
WAIT!! Doesn't anybody use color flow, it's so easy! I've never used chocolate transfers but color flow works great. I did a whole bunch of color flow pictures of Dr. Seuss and put it on a cake( in my album) and they came out fine.
i think if you're looking for characters to stand up around your cake to do it with royal icing. tape the pic that you want to use down to your counter. (i do mine on a cookie sheet so i can move it around)Then place a sheet of wax paper over top of it, and tape that down also. ( i like to sparay a light mist of cooking spray to make sure it doesnt stick over the wax paper) then use your royal icing to trace and fill in the picture. it works great if you need good accuracy. then let dry at least over night, longer if you have the time. the use an offset spatula or a knife to loosen from the paper, and as long as youre gentle, you can pick it up and move it around with your hands
I was just wondering the same thing. I want to do a monogram on top to a cake for my Sister in law. I was thinking of using RI. I made several so if one breaks I will have back-ups. Should I do several layers of it?(let it dry and go back over it to make it extra thick)
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