Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any suggestions for getting a good leather effect on sugarpaste.

Thanks
Amanda

I would love to know also TIA

I did a western cake and used like a cocoa powder "paint" with a sponge to get the effect...you can look in my photos if you like.

if i am not mistaken.. countrykitchensa.com....sells an impression mat for leather effect.. check it out..hth

For some reason I want to say that someone once told me to roll it out on cocoa powder. I've never tried it but if you have a bit of chocolate fondant you could always try it?

kitagrl that is an awesome cake. I for sure put in favs and I love the whole cake, I would have it framed and put on my wall in my front room if I had made one that awesome. lol

Aw thanks Tator...

Hi, I'm doing a leather purse cake right now and I needed a leather impression also. What I ended up buying at the craft store was a regular piece of scrapbook paper that was already embossed as "football" leather.

After I rolled out my fondant I pressed the paper onto the piece I was using and it worked perfectly.

When I made the leather jacket in my photos I just crumpled up a piece of wax paper and used that. Or you can use plasctic wrap. It takes more time that way but it worked in a pinch.

Thanks for all the tips everyone

Sure I will be able to get a good effect with all those ideas!

Amanda

In my pics is a suitcase cake, I first kneaded cocoa powder in the MMF then after I brushed cocoa powder over the top with a medium size brush to give it a worn look.