How Is This "silk Print" Duplicated On This Cake (
Decorating By drakegore Updated 7 Jul 2009 , 8:06pm by tonedna
i love (LOVE) this cake by the sugar diva:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/berylbyrd/3371276707/
i am trying to figure out how she duplicated the silk print on her cake...
handpainted fondant panels? i think no because the patterning is to perfectly regular?
stencils? i think no because the patterning appears flat.
some sort of printer?
ok, that's all i got for ideas, lol. anyone?
thanks!
diane
I agree that's a lovely cake but i am stumped too. I don't think it is painted on either because can you paint white onto coloured fondant? I have always wondered about that. If anyone knows if there is anything like an edible paint that is white that can be painted on fondant i would love to know.
Anyhoo i am thinking maybe it is an edible image but not sure
It is no doubt a chocolate transfer sheet like these......
http://www.globalsugarart.com/search.php?search=chocolate+transfer+sheet&searchimage.x=31&searchimage.y=8
i did some searching and found a sketch by that cake artist giving a description as to what this is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/berylbyrd/3369617064/
so based on the sketch, the panels are fondant; so this means it is not a chocolate transfer sheet right? (they don't work on anything but chocolate,correct?).
what is an "edible"? is that like printing on rice paper? then the image is adhered to the fondant?
last question: how would i go about getting this done if i cannot afford to buy the printer itself? or would i be just outa luck 
?
thank you all!
diane
That looks like edibles to me..the same reason why she has bands of fondant going down that hide the seams.
Edna
i agree with edna! That's an edible image. she used gold bands to hide the seams. It might be purchased, or she may have scanned the fabric and printed on EI paper.
i remember that episode! i did not realize that was her!
gengen - i just sent her an email, but i felt awfully cheeky asking . we'll see if she answers.
so basically, if this is an edible image, if i don't have the printer set up, i cannot do this, right? or are there places where i could have the artwork i need created onto a sheet? probably costs and arm and a leg, aaaargh....
i know how they work with buttercream, but how does one use this type of image on fondant?
thank you!
diane
i remember that episode! i did not realize that was her!
gengen - i just sent her an email, but i felt awfully cheeky asking
. we'll see if she answers.so basically, if this is an edible image, if i don't have the printer set up, i cannot do this, right? or are there places where i could have the artwork i need created onto a sheet? probably costs and arm and a leg, aaaargh....
i know how they work with buttercream, but how does one use this type of image on fondant?
thank you!
diane
The edibles work the same way in fondant as in buttercream. Some supermarket will print it for you..But you have to find who will.
Edna
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