Hey everyone, A friend of mine is getting married and wants her cake to have ribbon around the bottom of each layer. I am not doing the cake unfortunately, but the bakery that is told her that they can't do it because the ribbon will get grease stains on it. When she asked if there was any kind of ribbon that wouldn't do this the baker said there wasn't any. I was wondering if this is true because I have seen plenty of cakes on here with ribbon on them.
Thanks
I saw the same thread with the was paper on the back of the ribbon. It said to iron the waxed paper on the ribbon before you put it in the cake. I say you tell your sister You can do the ribbon like she wants and see if she'll let you do the cake 
Will ironing on the wax paper change the color of the ribbon at all? I would think it might make it a little darker, but I've never done it. It seems like a good method.
Amber
Wax paper behind the ribbon works fine~ If you put the ribbon on the cake right before the wedding it really doesn't have time to soak up the grease. Depends on what kind of ribbon you have. But yes, you can put ribbon on cakes. That baker must not do many cakes.. ribbons on cakes are very popular right now, has been for several years~ 
Also the type of icing will make a big difference -- does she want buttercream or fondant??? You'll be safer with ribbon on fondant.
I did a practice cake with ribbon. Wish I would have known about this first because of course the grease came through. I was so disappointed because it was a copy of a jewelry box I have.
Hmmm oil... wouldn't that make a bigger mess then buttercream? 
That would come through fast
well i have used ribbon several times. What I do is put shortening on my fingers and run the ribbon through them. It works great. I have not gotten any spots.
But won't that also make the color of the ribbon darker? I think it would make a difference if you were trying to color match, kwim?
So do you buy your ribbon a shade lighter than what you want to end up with?
Amber
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