Whats Your Favorite Fast Decoration For A Cake?
Decorating By melysa Updated 28 Aug 2007 , 7:48pm by lynseyg2002
I don't have much expeirence yet, but i made a raduation cake for my sister and tried Duff's roses, they are really easy to make and come out perfect. Someone posted a tutorial a few weeks ago. Thanks for all your tips.
Here is one I made last weekend for a family member. I also was busy getting ready for a party in my home, so I didn't have much time to spare decorating. So I used some premade flowers I bought for last minute cake emergencies.
Knowing I wanted to make leaves I used green for all the buttercream decorations. Then used multiple colors of flowers to divert attention from the fact, lol.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=936703
My quick and easy answer is to use a pattern press for scrolls and designs, the decorating triangle, and balloons. Just cut out oval shapes of fondant and add a string to the bottom. Here are some examples.
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and my most recent toy airbrushing makes it easy too. I just bought a few stencils that are patterns. Lay them on there and airbrush the pattern. It looks good. This was my first attempt.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=920973
I don't have time to read the whole thread right now, but Wanted to share my favorite. I recently made a golf ball cake. The top was a big golf ball, but the lower was grass. I covered the sides with various leaf tips, just as big long leaves, then added more at different heights, so it looked like a lawn. It was very fun, and very fast.
I don't have the picture of the cake up yet, but will soon.
LaSombra - your chocolate ganache cake looks to DIE for!!
Thank you yellobutterfly 
Too bad I didn't win at state though 
I still got fairly high points but not first place. The only negative comment on the sheet was that they didn't like the buttercream showing beneath the ganache...boy, it would have been easier to completely cover it than to make it like I did but I was trying to make it yummy and it's pretty much supposed to look like that 
Somehow, I don't think that the judge knows that much about pastry or decorating...but then, what do you expect at a grange contest? It's less formal than the fair.
LaSombra - your chocolate ganache cake looks to DIE for!!
melysa - I'm very impressed with your cakes - I love the ribbon ones, they look very simple yet soooo elegant!
(Here's some I like):
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This is a great thread, and has given me inspiration for quick ideas when in a pinch - traditionally I have just done a confetti cake or cornelli lace when in a hurry - I can't wait to try some of these! Also, the chocolate wraps are new to me - I'll have to keep that in mind, don't think I've seen them before. How do you do the ribbon roses? Just roll up a strip of fondant? They're super cute!!
thank you for the compliments! for the ribbon roses, roll out a strip of fondant, fold over long ways while adding some pleating, then roll them up, pleating a bit more as you go. cut the excess from underneath and viola!
the chocolate wraps are just about my favorite thing to do. they're fast, easy, and elegant, oh AND delicious! they fool people too, they hardly ever know to EAT the chocolate unless you tell them its edible, and they always ask HOW you got it on there to begin with. here is a link by shirley who gives excellent instructions.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-56654.html
Ive found that a very light sprinkling of edible glitter quickly perks up a cake or cookies. My favorite is "Hologram gold."
aaaaah yes..... 
GLITTER 
my personal favorite - rainbow pixie dust. its "white" but sparkles in every color you can imagine when it hits the light.
yellobutterfly, here are some chocolate wraps i've done. its easy to vary them up.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=896853
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=835753
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=593483 mini
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=520913 mini
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=474003
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=463733
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=431703
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=310123 (this was my first one...please ignore the chocolate bloom color, i didnt temper my chocolate!....learned from that lesson fast!!!)
one thing also that i learned from that last one (my first actually- the fishing one) was to not do a HUGE cake on the first try. that was a 12" round. the chocolate is SO heavy and its hard to wrap unless you've done it before. it is far easier to start on a 6 or 8" round instead and work your way up.
yellobutterfly, here are some chocolate wraps i've done. its easy to vary them up.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=896853
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=835753
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=593483 mini
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=520913 mini
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=474003
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=463733
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=431703
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=310123 (this was my first one...please ignore the chocolate bloom color, i didnt temper my chocolate!....learned from that lesson fast!!!)
one thing also that i learned from that last one (my first actually- the fishing one) was to not do a HUGE cake on the first try. that was a 12" round. the chocolate is SO heavy and its hard to wrap unless you've done it before. it is far easier to start on a 6 or 8" round instead and work your way up.
I love those chocolate wrape cakes! I'm going to have to give it a try sometime...seems like there was a tutorial around here somewhere. will have to check it out It just seems like it might be hard to do, with all the tempering and whatnot...
i posted the tutuorial link above by shirleyw. its a long thread but so informative!
here it is again:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/c.....56654.html
melysa I cannot get over how amazing those chocolate wraps look! I'm dying to try one now. Yours are spectacularly perfect looking! Thanks so much for the idea!
Hi everyone,
I have been going through this thread for the past one hour and have fallen in love with cakes pictures linked in this thread.
I see that a lot of you work with chocolate wraps and such. I posted a question about a closely related topic on this forum yesterday. The post is over here: http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-476833.html
Please look through my post and add any suggestions or advice you might have.
Thx!
melysa - thanks for the link, I'm still reading the 11 page thread on wraps it's very informative, I've honestly never heard of a chocolate wrap until this thread of yours - but can't wait to play!! a few more questions for you - where do you purchase the mylar, is it expensive? Do you reuse the same piece or buy a piece specifically fit for each cake you do? also, did you use a chocolate transfer on top of your wrap for this cake (below)
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if so, what is the technique for chocolate transfers?
Finally, how hard is it to cut a cake with a chocolate wrap on/around it? Does it crumble everywhere, etc?
Thanks!
Julie
I made a mess of these Starburst candy roses. Nice to have on hand to throw on a cake or cupcakes. I am really loving this thread...keep the ideas coming!
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_888753.html
Ganache and Duff Style Roses are what I used for a quick and easy cake. I can't wait to try Duff Style Roses made of Starburst or Totsie Rolls. Yummy! Great ideas on this thread!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=898903
Havinfun-- On page 5 of this thread Crisseyann had a link to her picture of Starburst Roses. I'm not sure how you keep them from sticking to your rolling pin (other than maybe a little crisco). You might want to PM her. Here's a picture. Sure looks yummy, huh? Thanks Crisseyann!
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_888753.html
Oh I swear by tootsie roll roses they are super fast to put together I always keep tootsie rolls in my baking basket as they are also great for cutting out with cookie cutters like I did on my small valentine cakes in my pics. They can be rolled flat as well then cut into different shapes to make wood or plaques and the contrast on a choc cake is so appealing.
This thread is great i am getting so many ideas. First off bcjean can you pm me the instructions for your bc irises they are gorgeous! Second last weekend i made a last minute cake for my moms bday and i used ganache for the first time. i loved it so elegant and tast great. it was a Almond joy cake...coconut cream cake filled with ganache and slivered almonds iced in coconute cream cheese with ganache over it. then i tosted more cconut and put it on top. i just uploaded pic to my profile if you want to see.
It's gotta be pre-made flowers for me too, just make the cake and plonk them on top.....ta da 
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