What is the best way to create plaid on a cake? I would like to make a graduation cake using the same plaid as the school uniforms.
If you have an airbrush, you can make stencils and spray the different stripes. Check out my tutorial on an even plaid at:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/570194886qYatNu
Click on the photos and read the explaination below the photo for more information.
I made a skateboard cake for a co-worker's son a few months back (see my photos) and wanted to get the plaid exact, so I had my co-worker take a photo of it and I made an edible image of it at Sobey's. I investigated all the options and that one was the simplest, cheapest and most precise.
There was a chocolate transfer option too, but that was expensive to order...There is also the painting fondant option (Aine2) has a tutorial, I believe.... good luck!
I did plaid with an edible image that I had walmart print out for me. I just took them a pic of a print I wanted. It is on the ribbon around the cake in my avatar.
If you want to do plaid on fondant, it is quite simple. I used edible markers and a ruler on the tablecloth on the animal party cake and used a brush with dilted food colors in the plaid bird cookies. Buttercream may be a little trickier.
If you don't have an air brush use the cans of spray food coloring and a stencil cut from plastic, I use transparency sheets available at most stationary stores such as Staples.
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