Does anyone know what type of molds/cutters are used to create this effect? I tried searching for an answer, with no luck...
ok...it won't let me link the actual pics, so please go under wedding cakes, gallery one, and it is the last cake in the sequence "the danbury". there are more examples in gallery two as well (e.g. the first cake "allie" and the 6th "parisian".
http://www.truliconfectionaryarts.com/
maybe they're freehand. they almost look like some stencils i've seen
looks like a combination of free hand and flower and leaf cutters
It looks like stencils. I know I've seen Jacques Torres do this before. Look at www.foodtv.com and he explains how to make chocolate leaves. The technique would be the same. Make a stencil and place on parchment paper or silpat. spread with tempered chocolate, peel away stencil and let it set. I suppose when it is cool but still pliable, put it on the cake. He also gives a very good explanation about tempering chocolate.
Good Luck. those cakes are beautiful.
So, how do you make a stencil? or where do you get it?
Thanks!!
to make a stencil, you need heavy plastic. You should be able to find it in the art supply section of a craft store. Find a pattern that you like and trace it onto the plastic. cut it out with an x-acto knife. You might even find some wall stencils that you like. Good luck.
If you're wanting to do it with fondant pieces, I'd skip the stencil all together and just use different shaped cutters and arrange the fondant pieces to look right.
If you want to make the stencil, there is a heated stencil cutter tool at craft stores that will make the cuts easier than using an x-acto knife.
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