Help With Tracing And Flooding Cookies
Baking By amshry Updated 27 Mar 2011 , 1:36am by OneCreativeCookie
Hi Guys,
Im fairly new to decorating cookies... Have done plenty of cakes but really enjoy cookies!!
I am doing some Thomas the tank cookies for a friends sons bday and Im struggling a little... Ill explain what Im doing then you can tell me if there is an easier way
Ok so I dont have a Kokykake projector cause they are so bloody expensive in Australia and Im no good at free hand so I have been tracing a picture with RI on waxed paper underneath the pic I want... Then I flood it but this is where the prob is... Im finding that when I flood it goes all ove half of the piping details I have already done... So in other words Im losing Thomas's mouth and eyebrows... and have to re-pipe the whole pic again 
Can anyone give me an idea on what to do... Im tracing with wilton #2 tip and flooding with a #2 tip as well
Cookie decorating isnt very popular over here so I have no idea who to ask!!!
Any help is appriciated!!! 
Hi! I agree, that you might want to flood the large color areas first and apply details free-hand on top of that. Also, I find that as much as I want really detailed and intricate, "true life" representations, I find that I am much more successful if I carefully edit the details that I include. The proper number of wheels, ladder, the number, and the expression on Thomas' face would be the things I worry most about...the cookies will still seem very "Thomas", even without all of the exact details. Honestly, any blue train with a face will scream Thomas, even if you miss some of the other "big" details! Good luck
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