Attached is a picture of a cake that the bride wants. Are these just fondant strips that are cut to line up next to each other perfectly or is there another technique that I don't know about? Please help and tell me how you would do this cake and what you would charge per slice! Thank you!
It could be fondant strips or chocolate pieces.
It just looks like strips of fondant that have been stenciled. They appear to me as though two are put very close to each other without touching, then there is about an inch between the sets of 2. That is a really pretty cake, but I think all the flowers take away from the stenciled fondant strips. I don't know if I would use as many flowers. Just my opinion only. Oh...and the tiers look really tall, maybe 3 layers? As far as pricing, I have no clue. I guess that depends on your area, but I would think something like this maybe at least $3-$3.50 minimum per serving.
I'm with KiddieKakes on the chocolate. I think my brain goes there because of the brown underneath. The base could be a chocolate buttercream or fondant. The white chocolate would be a nice compliment to that with the (brown) chocolate repeated as stenciling.
Hey, I say it is whichever medium you would prefer to work in or which ever will be cheaper for you!
It sure is a beautiful cake.
What does it say on the page right next to the cake. I tried reading it and I saw that it mentioned...
buttercream
dragees
fondant
ganache
???
gold leaf
gum paste
I didn't see that it said anything about chocolate except for the ganache.
My guess would be then covered in ganache with fondant strips??? Although, I really think it's white chocolate strips.
HTH
Thanks for your ideas so far. She got the picture out of a bridal magazine and couldn't remember which one. The wording on the side just describes different types of icing that could be used on a cake. I think it was just a little blip on the page about cake icings and what the definitions of each one are. She just liked the picture. The actual picture (not the photo that she scanned) shows that the strips are pink and brown so that is why I was thinking fondant strips. It also is very smooth so I think each strip must be cut separately and then placed together over top of another layer of fondant? so that everything is the same thickness and very smooth all the way around. Anyone have any information on how to do it with chocolate strips? Thanks so much!
I'm going against the grain on this one, here's what it looks like to me (very blurry picture).
The right side of the page w/ all the words looks to say "sweet talk, a cake guide" with a listing of all the stuff that can go on a cake like bc, fondant, gum paste, etc. Doesn't necessarily apply to the cake pictured if that makes sense.
The cake looks to be white on the tops of it where the flowers sit, so I'm wondering if the white is fondant, with royal or bc piping on the sides, then inbetween there are fondant strips in a contrasting color to match the flowers?
At first I thought it was maybe chocolate bc or brown fondant, but then I noticed the white under the flowers on the cake tops, and the top of the colored (or brown or whatever) strips you also see white - so that made me reverse my decision.
Good luck!
Because of how smooth the actual picture looks (you can't see ANY seams between the pink and brown stripes) I was thinking chocolate or fondant. Can anyone tell me how to do a chocolate wrap? Maybe I'll just suggest she go with fondant strips or another cake decorator!!!
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