Cake Work Signature Swirl Pattern In Fondant
Decorating By MYCHEFTX Updated 3 Sep 2006 , 3:17am by sugarnut
I'm not familiar with cake work, but I have a cake in my photos that has swirls in the fondant. I just used a rubber stamp after the fondant was on the cake.
Oops, I forgot to let you know which one. It's Donna's birthday cake. white with pale pink swirls and a green ribbon on top.
Wow, what a great site! Their cakes are beautiful. I did not see the 'signature swirl pattern' you mentioned, but they did seem to have lots of other 'signature patterns' which I thought was funny.
Whoever is making those cakes is very very talented! You are too by the way, I saw the pictures you posted in the gallery. That princess cake is so gorgeous!
I think they have some serious pasta machine action going on at CakeWorks!
To me, it looks like w/ their signature swirls and now their stripes, they are putting thin strips of fondant/choc. clay/or whatever they use together, then running it thru a pasta machine to get it all one thickness, then putting it around the cake.
Kind of reminds me of those craft shows where they run the diff. colors of modeling clay through the pasta machine and it makes pretty patterns. Same thing here, but w/ fondant.
if you read the legend for the pic you posted...in does NOT mention fondant but ONLY chocolate...
so my bet is that is a variation on the same technique they use to get the stripped cakes
a chocolate transfer -- made in shop
start w/ acetate
layout the swirl patterns and allow to firm up.
cover over w/ chocolate and smooth.
while still warm and plyable but not yet full hard, apply to sides of cake.
http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/cooking_class/choccake
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/whatshot/transfersheets.aspx
Are they using fondant, or I wonder if it's some kind of melted & coloured chocolate, swirled on a sheet of wax paper, left to semi-set, then overpour with the dark chocolate. Then before that's set, wrap around the cake .... then pray a lot ..... then when set unwrap & voila .... !?!?!?!
definately looks like transfer sheets to me! I've only used them for small things like bows, but their site does look like they wrap them all in chocolate. Transfer sheets would be the only a can think of to get the look they have.
http://beryls.com/mainpage.htm also carries transfer sheets and they're not too pricey.
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