Does anyone know of a way to get a woodgrain effect on buttercreme Icing?
hi, saw it was your first post.. so let me say welcome! Hope you enjoy it here. there is so much to learn!!
You could try airbrushing or hand painting the wood grain effect.
here is a link to some photos of cakes that have woodgrain effect. http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=search&type=full&search=woodgrain&album=-&search_user=
I don't know the answer to your question but I want to say 'welcome' to cc 
I made woodgrain on a tiki cake and a teacher's appreciation cake, and what I did was apply a layer of buttercream, smooth it, and then used the straight edge back of my butterknife to make the wood. I put the Viva towel over the area of the cake that I was working on and then lightly applied pressure to the knife to obtain the pattern that I wanted. Look in my pics and you'll see what I mean.
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