Texture On A Basketball...?

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plbennett_8 Posted 12 Mar 2009 , 8:23pm
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Hi All icon_smile.gif

I am betting that someone out there has already found the best "tool" to put the bumpy texture on a fondant basketball... Please share your thoughts... icon_smile.gif I have one due this weekend, and it's time to get busy!

Thanks,
Pat B.

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Newatdecorating Posted 12 Mar 2009 , 8:35pm
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I haven't done it, but my first thought was using a paper towel to get the texture.

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whitet4 Posted 12 Mar 2009 , 8:40pm
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I have used the super cheap paper towels they tend to have that texture.

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icer101 Posted 12 Mar 2009 , 8:44pm
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i just made a basketball cake.. it was iced in buttercream , though.. i also use the cheapest paper towel with that texture..most of the time , i get that texture from the dollar store. i haven,t done one covered in fondant.. but right many in buttercream..i love how the paper towel gives it that effect.. so that, cheap paper towel ,might just work on fondant. hth

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Rendee Posted 12 Mar 2009 , 8:49pm
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I did a basketball cake and used the textured papertowel and it did exactly what I wa looking for!

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kakeladi Posted 12 Mar 2009 , 9:43pm
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The super cheap paper towels do very well on b'cream. Not sure how it might do on fondant. Maybe if you rolled over it w/a rolling pin it might be o.k.

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plbennett_8 Posted 13 Mar 2009 , 1:57am
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Thanks all! icon_smile.gif I have looked at the last couple of strores, and all the paper towels had a pattern on them like diamonds ore something... Has anybody ever covered it in Fondant and textured? I was thinking maybe a new brush of some kind?

Thanks!
Pat

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kakeladi Posted 13 Mar 2009 , 2:55pm
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The brush idea might work.
I'm surprised you can't find any super cheap paper towels that have just bumps on them icon_smile.gif

I saw on Ace of cake last night.....they used something to texture fondant so it would look sort of stone like.....it looked like a thick piece of rubber (maybe 4" sq) that they sort of 1/2 rolled over this large piece of fondant. Sooooooo I think your idea of a brush might work icon_smile.gif

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