OK. I have admired so many cakes with BEAUTIFUL lettering and thanks to the great CC'ers actually responding to peoples questions I have just learned they are the products of Tappits. But my question now is what in the heck is a tappit? I gather that they are cutter-LIKE but not cutters.
Can someone post pics of tappits and even their use? I just found some for sale from my fave E-tailer for $9.95 and that made me think that there is something else I need to buy to use them in/with. Is that true? It there a tappits THING and then you buy kits/cartiridges/somethings or are tappits just tappits!?!!?
I want to order these (if they are what I think) to have them in time for a cake next week if they are as amazing as I hope they are.
They are letter cutters and you don't need anything else to use them. Several letters come on a row attached. I love using them because my writing on cakes it not great.
This is a great tutorial on youtube.
Tappits are similar to cutters except they come in a strip with multiple letters on them.
Try: http://kitchenware.goldaskitchen.com/search?w=tappits&asug=
i find their easier to work when using gumpaste, but others may feel different. Since my piping skills are quetionable, I love using them.
Hope this helps!!
I have done it with plain fondant and fondant that I add tylose to and I think that it works better with the tylose mixed in.
[/quote]I have done it with plain fondant and fondant that I add tylose to and I think that it works better with the tylose mixed in.
I tried using regular fondant and found they stretched. i haven't used tylose before, does this make fondant easier to work with for molding as well?
I know this sounds labor intensive, but when I do my letters I cut out little wax paper squares and then I cut a square of fondant and put it on the small square and then I cut the letters out on each square. I let them dry before moving them just to make sure that they don't stretch. I am sure that someone else may have a better idea, but this works for me.
The tylose makes it dry faster like gumpaste.
SOLD! Going to place my order! I was just worried that there was something I didnt understand and that $10 would only buy me one part of what I needed and would be unpleasantly surprised when I got the shipment. Can not wait to try these... My writing BLOWS!!!
Just remember to roll your fondant/gumpaste really thin. It does take a little bit of practice, but I love them a lot better than my writing. Good luck!
I have to correct my earlier post about the fondant and tylose. Tonight I just tried fondant alone with the tappits and rolled it super thin and I had the easiest time with it. I have never cut letters out so fast. The trick is rolling it super thin.
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