Hi,
I saw some early post on appling ribbon to a cake. Someone gave the suggestion to me that they ironed the wax paper to one side of the ribbon( the wax will stick to the one side) before they apply it to the cake. Has anyone tried this? Also, if you let the cake set up over night and then apply the ribbon the next day does this help with any soak thru and if you apply ribbon the next day do you need to use a bit of buttercream(as glue) to attach it?
Thanks for the help and sorry for so many questions, this is also the first time I have put ribbon on a cake.
Thanks!
Dee
I don't treat my ribbons in any way. I let the icing crust, wrap the ribbon around it, attach the two ends with a dot of icing. Any bleed-thru is only at the dot of icing, which is in the back....not seen by anyone. I always add the ribbon when I set up the cake at the reception site.
I've done the ironing thing several times and it works great. Put the ribbon between a folded piece of waxed paper and iron away. I put a paper towel between the paper and the iron so I don't get wax on the iron.
I also would let the icing crust first and wait until the last minute possible.
Ditto with the dot of icing, royal if I have it. (No grease)
When the ribbon is covering part of the cake board, I use a pretty pearl-headed pin to secure to the board.
On Earlene's cake cutting chart, she lists pan circumferences. I use this when buying ribbon.
http://www.earlenescakes.com/ckserchart.htm
I really need an answer for this problem also. I usually just evenly smooth the ribbon to the icing and let it bleed uniformly. But I reallly want a better answer.
I tried the wax paper thing with no success, is there a certain temp. on the iron or a specific amount of time to keep it in the wax paper??
I sure could use some input also.
If anyone has a good answer, please let me know. I dont' have time to search the over 500 pages of the forums, as I start looking through the pages and get hooked on reading other forums!!!!
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