Swimming Trunks Cake

Decorating By chocomama Updated 13 Jun 2007 , 12:09pm by novice

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chocomama Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 4:34am
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I'm doing a cake for a little boy's first bday party and the mom wants the cake patterned after the invitation. I'm going to carve a 1/2 sheet cake but I'm not sure how to get the plaid effect. Any thoughts?

*Note: I've blocked out private info on the invitation.
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prterrell Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 4:37am
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Airbrush!

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chocomama Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 4:39am
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I'd love to but I don't own one and won't be buying one before this weekend, unfortunately. Bummer.

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miriel Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 4:41am
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Strips of fondant or pipe with BC with tip 44 or 45.

On fondant cake, can also paint with dust/vodka.

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prterrell Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 4:53am
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What about the Wilton airbrush in a can?

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chocomama Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 4:54am
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Not sure if they have the right colors, but it's worth a look. Thanks for the idea. icon_smile.gif

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Schmoop Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 5:12am
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Go with the fondant strips on BC or painting on fondant. I think the strips would be easier though.

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chocomama Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 9:28pm
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This is going to have BC icing so how would I do the fondant strips?

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crystalina1977 Posted 12 Jun 2007 , 9:32pm
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Ice the cake with BC in the lightest background color, it looks like a cream or very light yellow to me. Then do thick fondant stripes in the darker yellow and thin stripes in the orange-ish color. You should be able to just brush a little bit of water on the backs of the stripes before applying to the cake to make them stick.

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chocomama Posted 13 Jun 2007 , 3:19am
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Do you think that will look too "layered" with the thin on top of the thick? Or, should I place the thin strips next to instead of on top of the thicker strips (when they're parallel to each other)?

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miriel Posted 13 Jun 2007 , 3:23am
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It will be more work as you will be cutting small pieces of fondant where they intersect but I think that will look better as they are all level.

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Doug Posted 13 Jun 2007 , 3:26am
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i vote for the easy way out...

paint on fondant.

just use two different size brushes -- one a 1 or 2 inch wide foam brush (washed and dried in advance)

and then a small 1/4" or so FLAT artist brush.

basically it's the same yellow -- just at two different dilutions. -- very thinned out for large stripes and more concentrated for the darker lines.

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sweetviolent Posted 13 Jun 2007 , 3:34am
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painting on fondant is much easier than it sounds and... it could give you that water color effect too

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novice Posted 13 Jun 2007 , 12:09pm
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To get it to be flat rather than layered do a frozen buttercream transfer for the whole cake.

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