My Success With The Cricut Cake With Pic And Tips!
Decorating By kileyscakes Updated 7 Mar 2013 , 1:20am by Goreti
Yea I do see the lines. The numbers on the blade, do you think the higher the number the deeper the cut??
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after 5 or 8 hours of playing with, hating and loving my new cricut I finally got the end result almost what I wanted. BUT there has to be an easier way.
I had to do each silhouette individually and I have no idea how the machine lines things up , its back arcerds. I got the MTC and so far i like it. I had to stop each picture before it started the detail work, it just kept tearing .
Thank s to all of you who posted it was such a help to read.
Here is my first attempt.
I have a question about the software suggested by some...how does my computer hook upto my cricut? Is there a special cord or place I need to hook it up?
I'm learning lots. Here's the link to my last Cricut decorated cake.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Crimsicle/Cake%20Stuff/taniabd.jpg
First of all, I should NEVER have tried decorating with strawberry buttercream. It started heading south almost immediately - and bulging even though I let it rest for a while. But other than that....
I cut these shapes out of modeling chocolate at least a week ago. I was worried that I'd run into so many problems the night before the party that I wanted to have the shapes ready to go. Actually, they cut pretty well. I put them inside large ziplock bags and set them in the cupboard to wait for the cake.
Problem is....they got kind of crumbly. You know how modeling chocolate needs to be kneaded before working with it? Well, it kind of reverted to that unkneaded state. The shapes had turned fragile and inflexible. The honoree is a dancer. There were supposed to be ballet dancers alternating with the tango couples. The ballet dancers were too delicate. their little limbs just wouldn't stay together. And when I tried to bend the shapes a little to conform to the curve of the layers...lots of cracking.
So...the moral is - get good with your technique and do it just prior to placing on the cake. At least with modeling chocolate.
The BEST things I have tried were gumpaste - dried flat. Gotta try drying some on a cake-shaped form next.
I finally decided to bite the bullet and order the cake, an upgrade from my little cricut personal. Just to let you know Amazon has it for $276.50 delivered right now, mine will be here tomorrow just in time for a cake this weekend.
I'll be back to read through all 21 pages again for any new hints and tips 
My cricut arrived yesterday and I got to play immediately
1st 2 attempts, 2 thumbs up
1st attempt I popped into the freezer and it was a little thicker than I had ever rolled when using the personal cricut
2nd attempt I rolled a little thinner but still thicker than ever before but this time I left it to air dry for 10-15mins which is what I always did.
I used some left over chocolate fondant with a little cmc kneaded in, very happy with the results. My old cricut personal was ok and I loved it when it worked, but always found it hit and miss. CC seemed to just do its thing.
Settings were all set to medium
Dumb question perhaps but how do you get your pieces from the mat without them strecthing all out? I was playing with my new CC yesterday and got a few pieces to cut out but then when I'd go try to move them they got all distorted 
Am I going to have to buy a bunch of mats to be able to leave things to set up a bit before moving them?
Hi
You can pop it into the freezer for a couple of minutes, then while still hard from the freezer, transfer onto wax paper sprinkled with corn starch. That's what I do when I have several pieces to cut, or they are phrases.(ie Happy Birthday or such). HTH
Kathy
I know this has been posted before, but unless you read this whole thread, you might miss it. Dollar store flexible cutting "boards" make great mats. They work perfectly, and they're TWO FOR A DOLLAR. I must have 30 or more of them. Such a luxury....
thanks Tiggy2 I rolled it a bit thinner today for a cake I did, I left it to air dry about 20 mins on the mat and it cut great. My only thing now is knowing how long to leave them on the mat after they have cut to avoid stretching them out of shape but still pliable to shape to the cake.
On a side note at ICES the girl who was demoing the CC had her gp/fondant rolled quite thick, I did ask her about it and she said it was down to preference on your thickness, i'm personally liking a bit thinner
I don't know who did the demo on the CC but Linda McClure developed the method and if you follow her instructions you'll get perfect cuts every time. If you let it sit on the mat overnight, in a ziplock bag, you won't have any problems removing it. Provocraft really doesn't know all the ins and outs of using the CC. They didn't want to compensate Linda for her knowledge so they are flying blind. If you get a chance to take a class from Linda it's worth every penny.
I have her DVD, I met her at ICES but is now using the silhouette machine. Time to get her DVD out again
I don't know who did the demo on the CC but Linda McClure developed the method and if you follow her instructions you'll get perfect cuts every time. If you let it sit on the mat overnight, in a ziplock bag, you won't have any problems removing it. Provocraft really doesn't know all the ins and outs of using the CC. They didn't want to compensate Linda for her knowledge so they are flying blind. If you get a chance to take a class from Linda it's worth every penny.
I agree, I let it sit on the mat until it's firm and perfect cuts, every time!! 
Woo hoo! I just bought a CC from ebay. Can't wait to try it out! Thanks for all of this great info!
Thank you so very much. I have had mine CC for over a month still in the box. I have heard so many horror stories scared to use. so I will try it this week
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