I want to try to do some stencils on cakes. When I watched the tutorial, it looks so easy (too easy!) Does anyone have some tips? I see that the stencils on line are on the expensive side. Do you think I could try some of the ones that are sold at the craft stores, like Michaels? They are much cheaper. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

I've used both stencils meant for cakes and the ones sold at Michaels. I thought it was pretty easy, especially on the top of the cake. Holding a smaller stencil on the side was a bit trickier.

Hope this helps.

Lara

I have also bought stencils that go on the wall, in the embroidery isles, sewing stencils. Just about any stencil will do, Mine are all the plastics and have not had a problem using any of them. I have bought some for as little as 50 cents a piece. The long ones for the walls are great because most of them go all the way around a cake and are the perfect height. Just giving you some ideas. they don't always have to come from the" cake world".

Thanks, that's what I thought! Can't wait to try it. I'm not that great at piping and thought this would be much nicer looking.

That's a great idea, I wonder if they might have them in damask that would fit the perfect height of the cake.

I just stenciled a cake for the first time (hat box on top of suitcase in my pic posts) and I got a cheap 3.50 stencil from Michaels. It worked really well and was pretty easy. I did see some damask stencils but they were too tall for my 4 in high cake (they looked 5 inches tall), but Im sure they have shorter ones elsewhere.

Do you use Royal icing, or just buttercream? I've been wanting to try this, and have not had the opportunity...

I used buttercream when I did mine. There were a couple of spots that the icing got out of the stencil and it looked smudged but I think it was more operator error!

This is a really good idea I think I will try this!! Thank you you all!