Making Blue "water"

Decorating By msulli10 Updated 16 Sep 2008 , 12:43pm by suz3

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msulli10 Posted 16 Sep 2008 , 12:19pm
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I have to make a boat for this weekend and I want to sit it on a board that looks like it's sitting in water. Any suggestions on how to do this???
I figured royal icing would crack and buttercream might be too messy. Help! Thanks.

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Kiddiekakes Posted 16 Sep 2008 , 12:22pm
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You can use blue gel by tinting wilton gel a bit blue or you can use white buttercream and randomly stroke blue streaks through it upwards towards the boats bottom when it is sitting on the board to create waves.

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msulli10 Posted 16 Sep 2008 , 12:36pm
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Thanks, I'll try that. Does the gel dry???

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Kiddiekakes Posted 16 Sep 2008 , 12:38pm
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Yes... the gel will harden quite a bit but still be gooey and stretchy so if you don't want that I would use icing!

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suz3 Posted 16 Sep 2008 , 12:43pm
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I just used buttercream for a similar cake. I mixed in the blue with light strokes which left it blue but with shades. I kept out a small amount of white which I used for the tops of the water (white caps).

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