What Works Best For Brush Embroidery
Decorating By Babs1964 Updated 23 Sep 2010 , 1:44am by CauldronCakeBaker
Royal icing is the standard medium for brush embroidery - it's very unlikely to dry quickly enough to present a challenge to doing the technique.
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I've only used Royal Icing for Brushed Embroidery -- I never tried it with buttercream. I use the RI on fondant-covered cakes so it will dry hard and be "safer" to transport. I'd be worried about doing it in buttercream 'cause with my luck I'd probably end up smearing it... 
...Andrea
Nicholas Lodge said at one of his demos that you put a small amount of glucose into the royal to help make it brush better and give you more working time. I don't know the amount you would need to add though. It was just an off hand remark that he made and I picked it up.
I just took a brushed embroidery class this weekend and we added piping gel to the RI to make it softer and not dry to quick. I found it really easy to work with and you can also let it dry and then add another layer if you need
I've never tried this but love the look. Can it only be done on fondant, or does it also work on crusted buttercream?
I've done it with just BC, not royal. It worked in a pinch. I needed a tree to look like a sycamore with the papery bark and I use chocolate BC over white BC with a little water. It worked like a charm.
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