Rosary..how Do You Make?

Decorating By proudmommaof3 Updated 20 May 2010 , 2:37pm by Marianna46

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proudmommaof3 Posted 19 May 2010 , 1:52pm
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How do you make a rosary for a communion cake? How do you get each ball and the cross to stick together? I'm always intrigued when people make them and they look so real.

Help!

Karen
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Malakin Posted 19 May 2010 , 1:57pm
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Do you have a certain picture of a cake you are looking at so we can see and help you? I've never seen one yet.

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prterrell Posted 19 May 2010 , 2:13pm
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I've never seen one on a cake that was made of gumpaste, I've only ever seen the cheap little plastic ones made to go on cakes.

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CakesByLJ Posted 19 May 2010 , 6:42pm
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I purchased a mold made by First Impressions, and I just love it... the details are incredible.. check out my photo; especially the close up..
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1678989.html
You can use fondant or gumpaste, and I painted it gold, using luster dust and everclear...

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cheatize Posted 19 May 2010 , 7:34pm
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That is gorgeous! Did you string it together?

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BlakesCakes Posted 19 May 2010 , 8:43pm
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That rosary by First Impressions is gorgeous. I've been too cheap to buy it because I already have several sized pearl molds from FI, so I use those.

I make the string of beads and then mold a cross out of a chocolate mold that I have (plastic mold from the cake & candy store). It's not as accurate, but it works.

HTH
Rae
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CakesByLJ Posted 19 May 2010 , 8:56pm
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That is gorgeous! Did you string it together?




It has separate pieces in the mold, and I just put it together as I laid it on the cake. Easy peasy... icon_biggrin.gif

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CakesbyOma Posted 19 May 2010 , 9:08pm
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So that's your secret!! Saw the cake this morning and the rosary was the first thing that caught my eye and the one aspect of the cake I had to make a comment on. I mean the cake is gorgeous, but that rosary - well that's just beautiful. I had to read your comments twice to ensure it was indeed fondant/gumpaste. Great job!

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CakesByLJ Posted 19 May 2010 , 9:12pm
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So that's your secret!! Saw the cake this morning and the rosary was the first thing that caught my eye and the one aspect of the cake I had to make a comment on. I mean the cake is gorgeous, but that rosary - well that's just beautiful. I had to read your comments twice to ensure it was indeed fondant/gumpaste. Great job!




Thanks Oma~! And I appreciate your comments very much... icon_biggrin.gificon_biggrin.gif

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Makeitmemorable Posted 20 May 2010 , 11:18am
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I absolutely love the rosary in that photo as well - well done.

I did make a small one for a christening cake - I made it out of fondant, then coloured it with blue and gold.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1419953.html

I rolled each bead and also cut out the cross with fondant and the just painted that as well with gold lustre dust.

Cheers,

Kim

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CakesByLJ Posted 20 May 2010 , 12:46pm
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Beautiful work on that cake Kim~! icon_biggrin.gif

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Makeitmemorable Posted 20 May 2010 , 1:53pm
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Beautiful work on that cake Kim~! icon_biggrin.gif




Thank you icon_redface.gif that's very kind icon_smile.gif

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DianeLM Posted 20 May 2010 , 2:09pm
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Karen, I'm sorry if my instructions weren't clear. Or were you looking for a different technique?

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Marianna46 Posted 20 May 2010 , 2:37pm
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I made a Mardi Gras cake (which I haven't posted yet) with several strings of beads on it. I don't have a mold, but I punched all the beads out of rolled out gumpaste with a #12 tip, as suggested on another thread here, and rolled them into balls. I strung them with dental floss so they'd hang like real beads. HTH!

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