Writing On Cakes....mine Look Terrible
Decorating By Trixyinaz Updated 9 May 2008 , 12:26am by jbnhayes
I have a cake I'm doing in Dec. It's a fondant covered 3 tiered cake and it has words all around the sides. I have horrible handwriting especially on the sides of cakes. Can I use royal icing and write on waxed paper then transfer the wording to the fondant using vodka or vanilla extract? Just wondering if this will work because it's the only way I think I'm going to be able to get through it. I'm so bad at it, I actually took a cake to WalMart to see if they would write on it for me (they won't).
What I learned the hard way was do not write on any cake if I am tired . Go to bed and do the writing in the morning when I am fresh. Even then my writing sucks sometimes. I found those Wilton letters more of a hinerance than a help. I messed up other parts of the cakes. But that may be just be me. I love the little letter cutters for fondant and use them whenever possible. I do start in the middle now and my spacing is a lot better. Like others have said tho practice does bring improvement.
I agree that that bad writing can ruin your great cake! That is why I HATE to do it.
I started out by doing the pin prick method. type out in font you like and prick with a pin. Smooth over bc and trace. But I still smooshed the icing. (you can see some of my earlier cakes done this way!)
Then I moved to the RI method of tracing with royal icing and letting dry. Works pretty good, but they do break.
Now I generally use my fondant cut outs or the tappits to cut letters out of gumpaste. This is the nicest way to do it I think.
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