How do I get the writing on cakes pretty and even. I have arthritis in my hands and it is progressively gettin worse, so my writing is worse and uneven now. The largest stencil I found was 3/4" and I sometimes need larger?
A lot of CCer's do a font on the computer , Can you use fondant?? sometimes i do that one cause i hate my writing .
if you thin the icing out....some people use gel, i just use water, you won't have to squeeze so hard...i like using a 3 tip, i think thats bigger than a lot of people use.
practice making just some cool letters you like on paper with a pencil...i kinda stole my daughter in law's writing style, and started using it on cakes...you can come up with some cool simple letters.
she told me "you totally STOLE my writing!"...i said *snicker*...i know.
i love writing on cakes now.
I found a great idea in the book Two Hour Party Cakes by Carol Deacon. I use my computer to compose my message, arrange the style and fonts, and then print it in reverse. I tape that printed sheet to a clear plastic and pipe the message in royal icing. (Remember, it's backwards at this point.) When the royal icing gets hard, I use the plastic like an impression sheet to press the message into my cake. Then I have a guide for piping in BC.
I work mainly in BC but I have done it on fondant.
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