Brushed Embroidery Question

Decorating By Vere Updated 13 Jul 2007 , 12:44am by Euphoriabakery

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Vere Posted 12 Jul 2007 , 8:06pm
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I've read the general idea over at sugarcraft

They say use an icing that contains no shortening

Would someone please tell me why?

Then they say use a thinned buttercream, so, I'm assuming there are recipes out there for buttercream without shortening

for those of you who do brushed embroidery, what do you use?

Thanks

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LaSombra Posted 12 Jul 2007 , 8:34pm
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I've only ever done it with regular old buttercream, thinned of course. I don't know why it would say to use something w/o fat unless they're wanting it to harden or something.

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ribbitfroggie Posted 12 Jul 2007 , 8:51pm
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I just used my 1/2 and 1/2 buttercream for this cake, and it was just fine!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=154073

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Vere Posted 12 Jul 2007 , 9:24pm
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Thanks for the replys
that's a pretty neat fall cake

the buttercream I've made was the 50/50 also, and i was wondering why I might not be supposed to use it

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FatAndHappy Posted 12 Jul 2007 , 9:40pm
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I have done it with both. Butter cream worked much easier then the royal icing, however, the royal icing was smoother. I personally felt the butter cream looked more "realistic" and was less messy!

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i_heart_pastry Posted 12 Jul 2007 , 10:05pm
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I used RI mixed with clear piping gel (1 tsp. PG per 1 cup RI) based on some advice I read online. It worked great. The gel kept the RI from drying too quickly and made it very smooth. Plus it didn't dry rock-hard nor did it chip off the fondant when we cut the cake. There is a pic in my photos (please keep in mind it was my first attempt at brush embroidery!). icon_wink.gif

If you look in Colette Peter's wedding cakes book, she shows how to do layered, 3D brushed embroidery. It's quite lovely - can't wait to try that soon!

Bec

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Vere Posted 13 Jul 2007 , 12:29am
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That's very nice, I like those flowers and the coverage of the cake.

Why did you decide not to brush the leaves?

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Euphoriabakery Posted 13 Jul 2007 , 12:44am
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I also just used regular old half butter/ half shortening buttercream. I di it on both of these cakes:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=88916

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=39023

For the green brushed embroidery I also took a green luster dust mixed with alcohol to do the brushing which gave it a pretty sparkly finish.

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