i am going to be making some valentine's heart with black and white zebra stripes using glace icing.
what would be the best way to do this?
wet on wet?
pipe the black stripes first, let dry, and then fill in white background?
pipe white background area and then fill in black stripes?
or
flood whole cookie white and then overpipe black stripes?
thank you for any help you can throw my way!
diane
I did some squares wet on wet. ( in my photos) Not the greatest, but they were a lot of fun. 
I wonder how much would the black bleed in any of these methods.....
With you will be using these colors anyway, have you tried doing tests on parchment to see what effect works best?
If you piped a white background and let it dry before adding the black it would probably work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetsugarbelle/4333398806/
how do you think sweetsugarbelle did these? (i have emailed her via flickr but i need to start asap)?
I'd definitely flood the white, let dry, then do the black stripes. If it were me, I'd use a #2 tip to pipe on the outline then quickly fill in with more black. I like to use a tapered, off-set spatula to smooth out the icing. As already mentioned, I'm afraid of the possibility of bleeding if you did a wet on wet technique. Good luck!
I'd definitely flood the white, let dry, then do the black stripes. If it were me, I'd use a #2 tip to pipe on the outline then quickly fill in with more black. I like to use a tapered, off-set spatula to smooth out the icing. As already mentioned, I'm afraid of the possibility of bleeding if you did a wet on wet technique. Good luck!
Looking at your photo's id say your know what your talking about, great work!
gemini,
you'd flood the entire cookie white, dry, and then pipe the black on top of the dry white? am i understanding correctly?
thank you!
diane
If I had the luxury of time, I'd flood the cookies white in the evening, then let them dry overnight. I'd add the black the next day. I've had very little trouble with bleeding, but it only takes once to make you gun shy!
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