I have some of the press on patterns from Wilton... but, what i've really started doing is thinning the icing way down with corn syrup it seems like it's much easier to write with this ... then I just have been putting down wax paper on the counter and playing with it playing with it playing with it
I also printed out some font backwards, put it on the wax paper followed the pattern, and then froze it and stuck it to the cake... it comes off real well.. and it's basically the buttercream transfer i got a packet of fonts three thousand of them on disc at office max, and there are so many i can't wait to try out in this manner
Just keep practicing it will get better
Jen
You are not alone! I try to avoid having to write at all costs. I also have neat handwriting but my hands shake when I try to write on the cakes. I did just by a stencil set and am hopeing that will work. We'll see. The basic words will probably look ok but then the persons name might look a little funny, hahaha! You might try the letter cut outs with fondant or stamps. Good luck! I guess we just need practice. 
I was looking for an answer and found this post. I have a request for a fondant cake that has writing all the way around the sides of each layer (To have and to Hold...) It looks like it was typed on in a italic or script font. Any ideas how that might have been done. Looks like to me it may have been cut out of chocolate or fondant, but I don't know where to find the cutters for that elegant writing (about 2 or 3" high) . Also, the writing looks pretty smooth against the cake, so I thought maybe I could stamp.
Any ideas?
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I really like doing my letters in royal or color flow icing. I just print out my message, stick the paper in a sheet protector, pipe over it, let it dry, then pick it up and put it on the cake. I always make extra in case of breakage, but it is super easy and it looks great.
Beccas, I am wondering if that could be a chocolate transfer sheet?
It looks so perfect, and to write on the side like that, wow, I just don't know how it would be done. I will love to see the answer to this one. How people decorate the sides of a cake, especially, that takes some skill and steady hands--and I am sure lots and lots of practice.
i hate writing on cakes too, my hand writing is always shaky when i write on cakes i think is nerves you can even see in some of my pics how my hand shoke, if its a kids cake i use molded chocolate letters for fun but you can't quite get away with that for adult cakes 
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I do too!! Actually i hardly ever wrote anything on them. Not even Happy Birthday. But i started using the wilton Press too. I bought 2 different ones and it works great. i used it in my last cake - baseball field in my fotos.
So glad they have something to help me out.
The writing on that cake is done using cutters. I have them too and you will see the writing on a lot of my cakes....particularly christening cakes that I do...I use these cutters. They are from FMM products. You'll find them on here http://www.design-a-cake.co.uk/ and look under FMM and the product you want is Upper and Lower Case Cutter Set - Script.
I hope that helps!
I used them on this cake http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=516603
aine I also love the fmm cutters, I have several different brands of cutter I bought over the years, but they are gathering dust since getting the fmm ones
Take a look at this topic that CakeBaker posted a link to one of her video tutorials for writting.
HTH
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-394723-smile.html
aine2 -
Your cake is beautiful! Could you just tell him how you use them, do you just use them like cookie cutters on fondant?
Thanks.
Phyllis
I mix CMC gum powder to my fondant to make modelling paste and this is strong enough to roll thinly and keep it's shape without tearing. Gumpaste or Petal Paste should be fine to use also. Roll your paste thinly and press the cutter onto it....there's instructions with the set so don't worry. You have to slap the cutter sharply off the edge of your work space and the letter SHOULD pop out. Believe me, when I first started playing with these I had letters flying all over the place....sticking to walls...everything! I was a bit to lavish with the slapping! 
Practice makes perfect and you will soon have the patience for these!
I trace the writing onto greaseproof paper place it on the cake and trace over the writing using a cocktail stick and then pipe over the imprint. I still do this but on dry icing as its easier.
I trace the writing onto greaseproof paper place it on the cake and trace over the writing using a cocktail stick and then pipe over the imprint. I still do this but on dry icing as its easier.
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