Anyone Ever Made A Rose Trellis (Sp) ?
Decorating By TastersDelight Updated 2 Aug 2006 , 12:05pm by fourangelsmommie
Hi,
I want to make a rose trellis (sp) out of royal icing. Anyone ever done this? Or ideas?
Thanks
Joanne
I did something similar in my gingerbread flower shop in my pics. (Also royal in the windows with diamond pattern) I used clear acetate, but parchment or wax would work well. Maybe very lightly grease the acetate.
Do you want it to be free standing, or against the cake sides or top? It might need some royal icing supports after you dry it and flip it over. (or skewers or popsicle sticks) I love that idea! Post pics!
i want it to be free standing but was worried about support, great idea! popcicle sticks or skewers, will try that.
i want to enter cake in our local fair, i have a design in my head, so if i can get it to work, i will post.
is there anything you can add to royal icing to make it sturdier, but edible.
thanks
joanne
I don't know about adding anything to make it sturdier, but someone on here posted pictures of tiaras they made recently, and said they do several layers of royal for strength.
Pipe your design, let it dry for a day, then go over it again, let it dry, and do a third layer. That will make the piece much thicker than if you did it all at once, and the thickness should help make it sturdier.
If the trellis is standing up, make sure it's supported well - if you put the dried royal right into the top of the cake, it'll soften within a day or two and could break or collapse. I did a cake with royal snowflakes last winter, and it looked fine for the first day, but after that, the snowflakes that were poked into the icing on top started to fall over, LOL! It was just a practice cake for family, so it wasn't a problem, but I'm thinking that if this is a fair entry, it might need to be displayed for several days after making it.
Another option might be to dip the bottom ends in melted white candy melts, to protect it from moisture. Or, you might be able to make the trellis from candy melts to start with, depending on the heat and where it will be displayed.
I'd love to see a picture of your finished cake!
Laura.
I use uncooked pasta to make my royal icing strudier (sp). for the trellis I would put my royal icing in a piping bag with the basket weave tip on it. I then push the pasta, linguini or fetticcini, into the bag through the tip opening, then pull it out and let it dry. I will repeat if needed.
Hope this helps
Kathy
If the trellis is for decorative purposes only, and uses straight lines in it's shape, you can try the following:
Materials --
Bamboo skewers - cut from the dull end to about 2 inches (3.5 cm) longer than you need - keep the pointed end intact
5, 6, or 7 tip on a plastic piping bag - whichever is slightly wider than the skewer
Styrofoam slab large enough to hold all the skewers you will use
Fill bag with your royal icing - you will not be piping, so you can fill the bag up as far as you need to - squeeze bag until icing comes out tip.
Slide skewer - dull side first - into bag through the tip end, holding the pointed end and pushing it into the bag until it 2 inches remain outside the tip. Squeeze bag slightly to make sure the icing covers the skewer completely.
Slide skewer out, and it should be covered with royal icing consistently around all sides.
Insert pointed end of skewers into styrofoam to let dry, about an inch apart.
Would this work for you?
Theresa 
I can't get the sketch small enough, so it's in my pictures (keep in mind, I'm not a sketch artist, lol).
I can't use skewers or anything similar, everything must be edible.
I also cannot use pastiallage or candy melts, must be either buttercream or royal.
The cake will only be on display for the day, then they are going to auction them off.
Do you think this is doable?
Thanks Joanne
whoops forgot to download sketch. it's there now. down the steps will be roses and rosevines on the side
Wow, That's creative.
Seeing the idea, I suggest making it more 3 dimensional. make a front and back and maybe sides. glue together with royal, then it can sit on top of the cake on its own.
I'm afraid if it's only 2 dimensions, you won't be able to put any additional decoration on it and get it to stand on its own. I think it would be pretty to put the design against the side of the cake also where the vines are climbing.
Remember to make an extra of each piece! Wow, I'm so excited to see how it comes out!
these might help
in first sketch it is 7 parts. top, two sides and four front pieces. the outer edges of all would be spaghetti reinforced. tho' it doesn't look it in the sketch, the top is the same width as the side pieces.
the openings in sides are optional. depending upon size could add little openings to front pieces.
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second sketch shows another way to do the fronts as two large pieces with either a square opening or curved (dotted line)
HTH
Excellent, thanks to all.
I will let you know how it's goes.
Thanks
Joanne
The pics are in my gallery (yet to figure out how to get them smaller to post), but anyways
I TOOK 1ST PLACE AND BEST OF SHOW FOR MY CAKE 
Thanks for all your help. The trellis held up very well, was scared to death I was going to break it before I got it there and on the cake. I would have to say it really wasn't that hard, just very time consuming and my hands hurt from dealing with so much royal, I did the trellis 3 times before I got one I was satisfied with.
Thanks again,
Joanne
TastersDelight,
i was their today, i just because of the cake contest, i wanted to see what was entered. i was going to but i just found out about it on monday and i didn't have time to come up with something. your cake looked great. congrats on first place. were you their today around 1:30 and 2:00 i got thier when it started to rain looked around and left. again great job..
shaddi
Wow! Great job!
COngrats on getting first place! How exciting!
Thanks everyone!
It was the first time I sketched a cake out. It was worth it, I knew exactly where I was going with it, I will try that more often.
Shaddi - Nice to see someone from Culpeper.
Thanks
Joanne
Wow! That is awesome! I'm gonna have to work on my royal icing techniques.
Great Job! Congrats on winning.
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