My First Fbct.. What Did I Do Wrong?
Decorating By CakeDiva73 Updated 28 Aug 2006 , 10:07am by mom_of2boyz
Here is a pic of my first FBCT that I did last night....
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It took me 2 hours to do it and still came out bad! I used the Wilton BC recipe and sort of thinned it a bit and got completely baffled as to which lines to ice first. The image was only 3" x 2.5" - was that too small to do with such details?
I liked this method and would like to do it again but if I am going to spend 2 hours on something, I would like it to come out well! Any tips are appreciated : ) thanks
Also, can I do these in advance and freeze... I am talking freeze for weeks?
Sorry can't get the image to open up. OOps sorry I looked in your photos, and it looks fine to me.
I think your FBCT looks awesome! If that one is bad, I would love to see your good one!
I think it turned out fine, I don't really see where you felt it was terrible.
I've frozen them for several days, I've only made a couple and the first I wanted time to redo, and they were fine. I would assume that wrapped right and placed on something so they wouldn't break when someone else is digging in your freezer they would be fine, you can freeze icing for weeks.
Diva -
I truly think that we are our own worst critics. I think it looks great! I have friends who love Harleys. I'm saving this to my favorites in case I need to do a cake for them. Great design.
I agree with everyone else...I think it looks GREAT! 
I don't see anything wrong with it at all.
I agree with everyone else. It's not going to look like a photo. If you're looking for incredible detail, I'd go with an edible image. But your FBCT is great. You did an awesome job with it. I think we (artists in general) need to take a step back and look at it for what it is, instead of only seeing what it is you were striving for and all the imperfections only you will know are there.....
I appreciate all your comments 
and I am not trying to get compliments.... the white letters are all wobbly and too thick and I used a tooth pic and one of my daughter play doh tools ( properly washed, of course! ) and still I couldn't get the lines straight...
I think you are right about the too thick icing because once it was reversed, I could literally see the ribbons of icing and they all should have melted to create a smooth finish. Are we supposed to freeze the main design before we flood the back, so to speak? There was a post here about doing it on glass (duh) and I thought that was a great idea but then she said it stuck to the glass.... At least when you work on glas you can see how it is coming out.
Sorry about the photo insert.... I will try to fix it.
I actually get lines b/w the rows of frosting, but I use a brush to smooth them out. I have a set of brushes in several sizes that I use to smooth frosting. Then once it crusts over (before I do the border) I'll put wax paper over it and press it totally flat and smooth. Then I'll put the border on. I've done quite a few cakes using this technique.
I have started using plexi-glass and taping my wax paper to it. You still have to look through the wax paper to see it but it gives you an idea of the final outcome. I also do freeze my outlines before putting my final backround icing on it. Also after it is on the cake, defrost, and crust, then I use the Viva method on it to get rid of the squiggles and make it smooth.
Thanks for the tip.... I am eager to try again since the possibilites seem endless. I looked at the other 'harley' cakes and there is one here that is done by Lisa (a mod) and hers is flawless and looks like it was printed but I think it was FBCT so of course, that was my comparison!
If the icing is too thin, won't it not keep its shape? I guess I really need to play around a bit. I will say that the wax paper peeled off without a hitch, but mine was small and relatively uniform in size ( no arms or legs ) so maybe that's why it didn't break.
I only wish that the one I did on Friday night looked half that good.
Made it for my sons birthday, bought a coloring book to do star wars. Pieces broke off, stuck to the wax paper etc. I was about in tears, he came out, looked at it, said wow that's really cool! Then I didn't feel QUITE so bad.
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