make a zebra striped cake with buttercream frosting? My son's girlfriend wants a zebra striped cake for her birthday, which is this Friday July 4th, and I am not sure how to do it without using fondant. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Cathy

Do ya airbrush? I just took an airbrushing class from Bronwen Weber on Sunday and I think I will be airbrushing everything now!

Why not just cut your stripes out of black fondant and put them on the buttercream cake? Seems to me to be the easiest thing to do.

~ Sherri

Sherri,
Unfortunately I do not airbrush but would love to learn. I like the idea of making the stripes out of fondant. I may try that.
Cathy

If you do a gallery search for zebra stripe, quite a few come up. Most have fondant stripes, although I did see at least one with BC stripes. I'll post the link below. Personally, I think the fondant stripes would be easiest, but I guess it depends if a request for BC means all BC. (The stripes can always be peeled off easy enough.)

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1207125

Keep in mind, zebra are white with black stripes, not black with white stripes...
I'd make it all white, and then pipe the stripes with black buttercream. They might 'bleed' if you do the stripes too early, though.

I would definately ice in white buttercream and stripe with fondant. Then they can peel the fondant off if they don't want it and you still have the yummy buttercream.

Good Luck! Also, let us know when (and if) you post your pic. I'd love to see it!

Chovest,
That is a great link and exactly what I am looking for. My son's girlfriend wants the cake pink with zebra stripes so that will work perfectly.
Cathy

Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions. I may try the fondant. I have used black bc on white cakes and never had a problem with it bleeding plus I am doing it the night before she needs it so I think it will be okay. Thanks again.
Cathy

Please come back and post your pics!!

Cakepro,
I definitely will. I have quite a few others that I need to post but I have been so busy with my Master's degree that I can't get on here as much as I would like.
Cathy

Hi fellow CC'ers,
I baked the cake for my son's girlfriend. She decided on a heart-shaped cake. I will be decorating it tonight. I hope I can get the stripes to come out okay. I will post pics if I don't feel it is to much of a disaster. Thanks again for all the fantastic suggestions.
Cathy

Best wishes!

I just hand piped my striped with black icing and then filled them in..It looked good!!

What about painting black strips on it? Could take longer, but would work.