This Is Beautiful But How Do I Do It??
Decorating By alicia_froedge Updated 18 Jul 2007 , 2:45am by BlakesCakes
Any ideas on how they made this cake?? How do I cut out the flowers??
It is a little hard to tell but it looks like the flowers are daisies sort of folded over and forget me knots. (tiny five petaled flowers). the cake appears to be fondant covered with tiny cutouts for the lace which has piping around the edges of each hole to define it and a piped lace design to connect it. Then a fondant ruffle around the bottom.
I was wondering how they got the lace pattern cut out. I was reading the Wilton instructions for Eyelet Lace and I don't fully understand it. Can someone explain this.
I think that effect is called "broderie lace" or something to that effect. If I'm remembering the instructions I read in one of my sugarcraft books, you can use the point of a skewer or a small piping tip held at an angle and pressed into the fondant. That will make the teardrop shape. Then you pipe a thin line of royal around it. You can also buy patchwork cutters for that type of lace if you want to spend some money and you have time to order. (I think GlobalSugarArt.com has the cutters.)
It is called 'broderie anglaise'. I made a wedding cake with it a long time ago. I took a large plain round nozzle and squashed it with some pliers into the tear shape. The size depends on the finished flower size you want. Then I filled the end with gum paste and let it dry hard for a few days. Press it into the cake to push the shape into the fondant then pipe around it with RI. The idea is you want the shape without actually cutting out the fondant or icing.
You can purchase sets of broderie anglaise cutters, too.
http://globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=17357
Rae
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