Does This Look Like Coral?
Decorating By selfconclusion12 Updated 18 May 2010 , 9:23pm by chellescountrycakes
I have been trying and trying to make coral out of royal icing for this cake I have due friday...either I am cutting the piping bag holes to big, or the consistency is not right but I keep trying! Here is what I have now (and some of them are just practice/seeing if the bag is working right so I am only looking for some of them to look good!
Yes? No? I would love honestly! Thanks!
If they don't look good, any ideas on what I can do to make them look better?
i think they look like coral.. except two that look like scrible where im guessing you were testing. =)
Yeah there is quite a few like that, haha.
The only reason I did not do thick coral is because she wants the cake to look similar to this:
http://www.marthas-vineyard-vacation-tips.com/images/seashellCake16.jpg
The first photo looks the most realistic to me
I like your coral in the top picture better than the coral on the cake 
Your coral is fine. It's very nice and delicate. You're just picking it apart! Once it is on the cake it will fall into place and look as good, if not better, than the original.
If you are looking for a coral template, you can always search Google images til you find the right shape you are looking for. I had a beach themed cake last year and I searched the images, copied and sized it, then printed off the picture, and traced out the coral in royal icing. I cut out squares of waxed or parchment paper to put over the picture for each piece of coral. Worked like a charm!
Good luck with your project!
It does look nice, but it seems like it could use a little texture to me. Have you thought about adding some non-perils (I always spell that wrong) to them for a little texture?
I used a small star tip for texture rather than the circle tip. The little ridges really added to the look.
Thank you all! Do you think I should just leave the coral white like that?
The furthest top right one in the top picture. it looks 100 times better than the originals in the cake picture.
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