Hello everyone, this is my first post! I am doing my first wedding cake in November and the bride wants lace around each tier. I am leaning towards real lace rather than fondant or sugarveil ect. just wondering if anyone has a preference for real lace on bc cakes. Is there a certain brand/stiffness/quality that will work best? any help is appreciated!

thanks!

I have used white lace on a light blue buttercream cake. I wanted to make sure the icing color didn't bleed onto the lace so I wrapped the cake in acetate first then put the ribbon over that. If the icing and lace are closer in color, I don't think I would have used the acetate strip. This was just a spool of lace purchased from the hobby store - nothing special about it - and I secured with sterilized pins in the back. 

Thanks for the tip! the frosting will be white and the lace light pink so bleeding shouldn't be a problem but I will keep that in mind!

Ahttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=URr0z9GMbk0

Hope this video helps. ..

AOh no no no, no pins in a cake! If you have to put real lace, for whatever reason you aren't able to make edible lace, then glue it down with sugar glue or more buttercream. You can't trust people to remove them. What happens if someone bites down on one and starts bleeding? It's ultimately your fault, no matter what you advised them to do.

AThey couldnt cut the cake with the real lace still on it. And to take the lace off, they'd have to remove the pins.

I have used the big corsage pins to secure ribbons. I have also used HUGE pearl earrings. I found some on sale one time, almost the size of a marble, not quite as big, but they worked nicely.  I make sure to tell them, directly the person serving the cake when possible, that they are there and need to be removed. I also give a printed sheet with directions on serving the cake (cutting guide) and include any specific things like that on there.  I don't use pins often, but I have done it.

But with a thin lace, I would think some sugar glue would work.

what exactly is the sugar glue you are referring to? Is it something I can make? :) thanks

AYes you can make it....take a small amount of gumpaste and warm water and stir it up until gumpaste is dissolved, you can microwave it for a few seconds at a time to make it dissolve faster...

thanks kazita!

Yes, try that sugar glue out, and please try to wipe from your memory that anyone suggested that you stick dangerous metal objects in to your cake. 

AWelcome and Happy Baking! !

Easier way to make sugar glue is to mix 1/2 tsp tylose (CMC) into 4 ounces or so of cooled boiled water. Leave to dissolve for a few hours and it will be perfectly clear, gluey glue.

thanks everyone, I will try the sugar glue and have double sided tape on hand just in case!