Just a public thank you to dodibug for all the help with "how to's" on the coral and emailing me the pattern!

That looks great!!!

Dodi......you feel like passing those directions in MY direction???(hint..hint..)

looks awesome! Great job

ok, to get dodibug off the hook (from getting a million pm's! LOL) here is the pattern i used. she sent me the page from her book, i cropped it down with some photo software i have and just kept the coral pattern. i used a number 3 tip and just piped it onto parchment paper.

wow...very lovely!!! that ribbon is a great little touch.


and ditto doddi! instructions, please!

Royal icing???

nope, vanilla candy melts!

alaskanmom

I am going to make a Topsy Turvy childs Cake Ocean Theme next month I'm trying to decide to use mmf or buttercream what did you use on your cake its very pretty.

Molly2

the cake is iced in buttercream... i used a hot spackle knife to smoothe it. the color is aobut 2 toothpicks delphinium blue, 2 toothpicks sky blue, a good toothpick of royal blue and one small toothpick of leaf green.

You did a great job

Molly

Wow, what an unbelieveable cake! Your icing is soooo smooth. Love it!

Very nice cake! Great job!

Aawwww, alaskanmom That's so sweet! I was happy to help! And like I said in my e-mail-I love your cake! Beautiful and elegant!!!

I never thought about candy melts! I used royal and IHATEFONDANT is right about the heat right now! Candy melts for my winter cakes!!

A couple of tips I shared with alaskanmom-don't cry if the coral breaks coming off the wax paper-gives it some character, I dusted with super pearl luster dust before removing from the wax paper, I piped a couple of layers over the bottom section just for more stability.

Any other questions,just ask away!

dodibug

You are always so sweet and helpful to everyone Thank You

Molly2

I only had trouble with one coral breaking... i didn't lift them from above... what i did was put my hand under the parchment and gently pull and loosen it and it popped off. in fact the only time i broke one was holding it trying to put it on the cake! LOL. but like dodibug's hubby said... nature isn't perfect so neither should the coral be

You know, I guess I had more breakage because mine had to travel in containers to the reception site then get put on the cake! That was a loooong day but fun!

You're so sweet Molly2!

d

Wow, that cake is awesome! I love the coral.

Your cake looks great and I can't believe that you got buttercream that smooth! Thanks for posting, I can use the coral on a little mermaid cake that I'm doing the end of the month.