friend wants this wedding cake. last wedding cake i did i learned that the simple look isn't always easier. it also needs to serve 400 so it will be big. i am planning on icing it in bc instead of fondant and piping the details, but i don't want to freehand it and i don't want to mess up the bc with a stencil, what can i use to get those details on there prefectly?
she also said she didn't really like the flowers and i think she would like a ribbon around the bottom of each tier. i have heard of people's ribbons bleeding onto the cake. is there a certain kind i should use? and any ideas about the flowers? she might have just not like the colors.
any help would be MUCH appreciated!!!!!
thanks in advance
oops forgot to put the pic 
http://weddingcakecreations.com/gallery2.asp?id=454&num=1
For the designs, see if you can find a press set with that particular pattern. You just lightly press them into the crusted BC, then trace over the lines with your writing tip. As for the ribbon, the main problem I've heard of (with real fabric ribbon) is the grease from the BC staining the fabric. You can do several things to combat that. Clear contact paper on the back side of the ribbon is one I've heard. And someone here rubs Crisco all over the whole thing so it's all the same greased color, if that makes sense.
Check out this impression mat by Kathy Scott
http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=22122
Very similar to the one in the photo. Easy to use on crusted BC 
awesome! thanks it doesn't mess up the bc with the rest of the mat touching it? i was trying to find one of those cut out things but couldn't find one like that.
and about the fondant ribbon, i thought of that but wasn't sure i could pull it off. is it possible to roll out a piece long enought to not have seems anywhere except the back? i want it to be as flawless as possible. is that what you used in your profile pic cuz yours looks really good btw and i like the border you put on top of it also, i might steal that idea
the wedding is in january so she stil lhas some time to decide. she did tell me this was her final choice, but i'm thinking she might change her mind a little when she sees more cakes.
If you can't find the press you could print the cake picture, enlarge it up to size, take floral wire and mold it to the pattern. Make you a handle out of the wire and use that to imprint then you can pipe over it. This way your pattern is uniform and looks freehanded.
and about the fondant ribbon, i thought of that but wasn't sure i could pull it off. is it possible to roll out a piece long enought to not have seems anywhere except the back? i want it to be as flawless as possible. is that what you used in your profile pic cuz yours looks really good btw
and i like the border you put on top of it also, i might steal that idea
My ribbon was fondant. As far as getting it long enough, you certainly can. I've seen decorators roll out extremely long lengths of fondant with their pasta machines. What size tiers are you talking about? If it is going to serve 400, you are talking about a BIG cake. I think I would go with fabric ribbon for tiers that size. There are lots of threads about the ribbon. I haven't used it, so I won't offer any suggestions. 
txnonnie, i loooove that idea thank you soooo much!!!
as for the crusting bc, i have use the wilton recipe. that's what i have always used and am afraid to try something new, lol, but i don't really think it crusts really well. it's actually pretty soft. i have also tried adding cornstarch to it but that really didn't do anything that i could tell. i ahve made a stencil out of cardstock and used it on a whipped cream iced cake before and that wasn't bad. the paper actually stuck to the side of the cake and i airbrushed over it and gently pulled it off, but since this is a wedding cake i don't want to take any chances.
and yes the tiers are going to be huge and i don't have a pasta roller. i always wondered how the pros did it 
i have a kitchenaid mixer and i think they make a pasta roller attatchment? i was just thinking about that yesterday, i will have to look into that. i like the look of the fabric ribbon though,
thanks for all you guy's help! i really appreciate it she is coming over next week for a tasting and i will show her some more pix. i was really hoping she would pic something a little more funky, lol
You could also make a out of acetate and hot glue. Print off the design (in reverse), lay the acetate over it and outline with hot glue. Just make sure your hot glue isn't so hot it melts the acetate.
Am I getting this in your glue will make the design and be ridged so you can imprint the cake? That would be great, but wouldn't your glue need to be smooth?
In a same way that hot glue was suggested for making an impression tool, you could use royal icing. Pipe the design in royal icing on acetate, and when it's dry, imprint design into crusted buttercream.
In a same way that hot glue was suggested for making an impression tool, you could use royal icing. Pipe the design in royal icing on acetate, and when it's dry, imprint design into crusted buttercream.
I can see this working well. You can get your lines really smooth with this.
Why wouldn't your glue be smooth?
Not saying it wouldn't, but just last night in making a door mum not all my glue came out even and straight. I would think you would need to go slow and steady with plenty of glue in the gun.
i don't think my bc is very "crusty" is there a better recipe for that? i have heard of a few others but havn't tried any of them yet
I have tried indydebi yet modified some. It does crust well and my family loves the taste.
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