First Attempt At Brused Embroidery
Decorating By alicia_froedge Updated 18 Jan 2007 , 8:19pm by KrisD13
I want to try brushed embroidery but my question is, can you do it on regular crusting buttercream icing? All the ones I have seen look like they are on MMF. Also can you give me the instructions on "how to" do the technique.
-thanks!
I want to try brushed embroidery but my question is, can you do it on regular crusting buttercream icing? All the ones I have seen look like they are on MMF. Also can you give me the instructions on "how to" do the technique.
-thanks!
Yes you can. My avatar pic has that technique.
Here's the link to wilton how to. Good Luck!
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/brush.cfm
I have two cakes in my album using the brush embroidery technique on crusting buttercream. I just placed a flower cutter onto my frosting and made a light impression. I then piped, using a size 3 plain tip, my colored icing. I took a small artists brush, lightly dampened, and brushed lightly from the ouside of the flower to the insdie. Good luck!
I tried this last night, and it just turned into a mess. I ended up filling in the flowers entirely. Maybe I had the wrong kind of brush. I started with a very stiff one, maybe a little less than an 1/8 inch wide, and that didn't seem to work. Then I tried a soft round brush, pretty small. That just made a mess, too. Maybe this isn't a technique that will work well for me...like makig roses! 
Any tips?
Are you maybe using a brush that is too wet? I'm sure that with practice, it will turn out beautiful 
Oh....and according to the Wilton site, you use the flat brush for this. I'm going to be trying it for the first time on a cake tomorrow. Up till now, it's been on a practice board.....hehe...hope it works well for me, too
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