I was just looking at some photos of cakes that have peoples pictures on them. I would like to know how that is done. I think it is a fatastic idea and can be used for some many occasions.


Thanks Darlene

Some serious decorators have the printers, myself I just take the picture I want turned into an edible image to one of my local shops and pay them for the image..

Check out this site it will fill you in on everything you want to know
http://www.kopykake.com

The pictures are called edible images. You can make them yourself using a new, compatible inkjet printer, edible ink cartridges and frosting sheets. It's easy and fun to do. Just like printing anything else except you're using edible inks and papers. I buy my supplies from Kopykake at the link shimerin posted. The printer though can be purchased through office/electronics stores or eBay for between $50-$100.

If you only need a small picture, you can make a paper copy of the picture, crop it how you like, and laminate it and put it on the cake. I'll show you one I did. Before serving, she just picked all the pictures off the cake, wiped them down, and in this case, she glued them all into one of her mother's day cards.

thanks everyone for your help. Since I dont really want to go through the expense of edible paper and inks I really like the idea of the laminated photos.

Darlene

This is so funny! I actually had a lady order a cake earlier this week and she wanted a photo on top. I told her to make a copy of the picture and laminate it and I would attache it. I had no idea if it would work or not, but I didn't see why it wouldn't work! Glad to know it will! Thanks, Katie

I have a home based business where I create edible transfers for customers. I have attached a photo of a cake I did for my grandsons' hockey team. After applying the thin sugar wafer type image on the cakes, the image merges into the icing very nicely. People are always amazed that the area of the photo on a cake tastes no different in their mouths nor does it feel different. One thing you need to remember, though, after you have positioned the image on the cake, you can't touch it anymore or mess around with it. After the cake is presented and cut, anyone can touch or examine the transfer on their piece of cake that they will be eating.

I have also used laminated pictures before. It works very well. I used a blow dryer to warm the laminated picture, to curve it to fit the surface of the big book cake I was using as an anniversary "photo album." Have a look:

http://www.sugarfrosted.com/albums/adult/normal_0157-bigbook-40thannivalbum.jpg

(Sorry, the photo is "soft" ...having been taken in the pre-digital age, and then scanned for my website.)[/url]

On laminating photos, here's a tip I learned the hard way. First of all, I use the sticky laminating sheets you can buy in the stationery aisle of almost any store. What I have learned is to seal the edges tightly with your nail, a coin, or (what I use) a bread tab. Cut out the photo leaving some of the plastic edging around it. If you cut along the edge of the photo, the grease gets into the picture.

Wow that book cake is beatiful. It just gave me a flood of ideas lol thank you very much

Darlene

I just remembered something about laminating also. The photos on the book cake are NOT the originals. They are color copies done at Office Depot and then the laminating was done by the clerk there. I did not want to take the chance of the grease damaging the 40 year old originals. My personal laminating sheets were the same peel-and-stick kind as TheVienneaus mentioned, so I asked my client to have the copies made and laminated for me. The copies were perfectly fine after they were removed from the cake and wiped off.