Brush Embroidery Question

Decorating By drwendy Updated 1 Jun 2007 , 1:37am by NEWTODECORATING

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drwendy Posted 1 Jun 2007 , 12:53am
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For anyone who has done brush embroidery...I am going to try it this weekend on a wedding shower cake. My question is, do you use plain royal icing or do you add a spoonful of piping gel to the royal? I have a book that suggests the piping gel to make it easier to work with, but I will only have time to do this once and I don't want to mess it up! I have been practicing my flowers on parchment paper with mayonnaise and I am confident that I can make it look decent if I can just get the right texture of stuff to work with. Thanks for any advice, CC rocks!

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BlakesCakes Posted 1 Jun 2007 , 1:03am
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I've never added piping gel. I do use a somewhat thinner royal to start with, but not too much, as you're adding water with the damp brush, too--don't want it runny.

Rae

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miriel Posted 1 Jun 2007 , 1:12am
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I've done mine using straight royal as well, no piping gel.

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NEWTODECORATING Posted 1 Jun 2007 , 1:37am
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I had classes with Collette Peters and she uses thinned royal, no piping gel.

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