How Do You Prepare A Ribbon To Go Around The Base Of A Cake?
Decorating By cncgirl00 Updated 25 Aug 2007 , 2:44pm by leah_s
You can test it first to see if it will bleed or not. I happened to use some (not the satin kind - that bleeds) that didn't bleed at all so I didn't have to do anything to it. To test it, I put a blob of icing on it, left it overnight and it looked fine the next morning.
If the grease from the BC will bleed, you can either spray the whole ribbon with cooking spray to make it all uniform. Note that this will darken the color. Or, you can line the back with waxed paper or clear contact paper.
I use a bit of Crisco all over the ribbon, lightly and evenly of course and then put it on so when the frosting grease touches it you cant tell...it works great! It first I couldn't bring myself to do that, but then I realized they are just going to throw it away anyway...so why not greese it up uniformly before the cake does what it wants...
I've read on CC that you can "iron" the wax paper on the ribbon but some people have had trouble with that (and I've never tried it). That's why I suggested using clear contact paper.
But, contact paper is not officially "food safe", which is a whole other issue - many other threads on that topic. Just want to add that disclaimer here. I have no problem using it to cover cake boards, etc. for family cakes but you need to do what you are comfortable with.
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