Question About Basketweave.
Decorating By Barbend Updated 27 Jun 2007 , 12:40pm by blessBeckysbaking
My wilton course instructor said you had to divide mark your cakes into 32 equal divisions to do a basketweave on your cake. She said it could only be 32 or multiples of 32 (64, 96). Is this correct ? I have to do a basket weave on a 18X12 and a 9X13 cake and wanted to make sure before I started. It seems to me that if you divide it into equal even number sections that would work.
Uhh....I don't even divide my cake for basketweave! I did on the night of the Course II class, but since then, I just do it as I go along. If you check out the "heart basketweave" cake in my photos...I just did it by eye!
I think dividing it equally will be just fine!
Mine would probably turn out worse if I divided it up. haha.
I just do it, and if it happens not to turn out perfect at the very end, then I fake it and call it the back. haha. Nobody ever notices, ever! I have a tiered cake with fruit on top that I did basketweave on in my photos and that's how I did those.
Don't know about the dividing part - I just start in the back of the cake and work my around the cake and make space adjustments as I get closer to the end of the basket weave.
Mine would probably turn out worse if I divided it up. haha.
I just do it, and if it happens not to turn out perfect at the very end, then I fake it and call it the back. haha. Nobody ever notices, ever! I have a tiered cake with fruit on top that I did on in my photos and that's how I did those.
Kitagrl - that basketweave cake looks perfect to me! 
Mine would probably turn out worse if I divided it up. haha.
I just do it, and if it happens not to turn out perfect at the very end, then I fake it and call it the back. haha.
Me three!!
Mine would probably turn out worse if I divided it up. haha.
I just do it, and if it happens not to turn out perfect at the very end, then I fake it and call it the back. haha.
Me three!!
Me four!
I start in the back and if it doesnt' come out even, who cares .... it's in the back. Unless I was putting it in a competition where perfection absolutely counts, I won't take the time to count out, measure and divide a cake for basketweave.
I luv doing basketweave. My biz card actually has this basketweave photo on it. http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=199753
I.ve never marked a cake for basket weave and most seem to turn out ok. I've done round, oval and sheet cakes. I did an unconventional wedding cake for a couple that turned out great for a sheet cake. It's listed in my photo's. I can usually make an adjustment when i get to the back, but like everyone says, it's the back. Corners can be a little tricky though.
I didn't even know you were supposed to do that! lol I love basket weave!
I learned by marking the cake with the flower formers a small cake the small former and mid the mid size cakes and so on it always come out even all the way around and my lines stay level too.
I learned by marking the cake with the flower formers a small cake the small former and mid the mid size cakes and so on it always come out even all the way around and my lines stay level too.
That's a good tip! I'll try it. I'm just to undisciplined (lazy!) to measure and stuff on a play cake. If I were doing it for someone else I would want it even so it's good to have a method. My 10 year old's birthday is coming up and she asked for a three tier pink basket weave cake. The one she picked out would feed 150 people! Obviously we'll be scaling that one down! lol
yeah that would have to come way down ...lol when mommies makes cake we order the good stuff and lots of it!
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