i'm dong a cake for a lady with "creative liscense". she wants chocolate icing, so i would like to ice it in chocolate, top it with a fondant "tablecloth" if that makes sense, and on top of that place a gumpast sprig of holly berries and the leaves. i can figure out the berries (duh), but how do i go about making the little leafy/sprig things? does anybody have any idea, or can point me somewhere, thanks so much.
I am pretty sure I got this idea from CakeCentral, so thanks to whoever came up with it. But for the cake I did for my mom, I sugared Rosemary and cranberries. Just took real rosemary, put it through an egg white wash, and rolled it in regular sugar, then let it dry for several hours.
I did have to water down the egg whites because they were a little too goopy and I scrapped off the excess goop as well before I rolled them in the sugar.
I loved the effect and it was really easy to do.
I agree, a finer sugar would have worked better and discovering to wipe off the majority of the wash earlier would have helped too
There was no rosemary flavor in the cake. I let it dry a very long time and I let the cream cheese frosting crust. Added the details before I drove it to her house. It probably sat totally constructed for around 2-3 hours and we didn't taste the rosemary. Maybe the egg and sugar created enough of a barrier.
Next time I will probably grind a finer sugar.
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