Help. Need To Figure Out How/what The Gold On This Cake Is?
Decorating By yoyopof3 Updated 27 Mar 2015 , 3:21am by jessicake
so you can post a link to it -- go to "gallery" up on the banner under the cc logo and follow the prompts at "add a photo"
first of all i did this from a laptop -- i don't think it's possible on my phone anyhow--
then after the download go back and open it up -- get the address -- then there's a funny off center figure 8 sort of icon at the top of the "reply" box -- there's 20 icons total and it's the 4th one from the last -- follow those prompts
but i just found out you can do the upload then copy and paste from there to the post
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...it was driving me crazy that we couldn't post pictures, especially here! I noticed some people were able to so I asked Melmar how it's done. She said copy and paste on a desktop or laptop. I tried to do it directly from my pictures but it didn't work. Then I tried putting the picture in the gallery and then copying and pasting - then bingo!
Ok. See if this link works. I thought they were like edible gold sequins initially and I think I could use that, but they don't have holes in the middle they just look like flat discs.
i would re-create those by
- rolling out some cornstarch infused fondant real thin
- probably roll on a lightly greased surface
- cut out tons of little circles with a little space in between
- remove the excess
- then re-roll them lightly to get the random shaping
- color them
- let them dry
- let them dry maybe put on a form so they are flat against the surface of/for the smaller tiers
the good news is full coverage is on the small tiers and scattered coverage on the large tiers
I guess that's true. Well, maybe I will post a pic when I finish it so you can see the damage! LOL it will not be as pristine as this one was! But it's one of those things, where its a cake that I am doing for a friends daughters bridal shower, and so the $$ is not the same as if it were for someone else. Not that I will cut corners, but I only do this part time anyway, and speed saves me $$ on "friendly cakes"! That sounds awful! You have been such a huge help. I have barely been on this site in forever and haven't posted pics here in lord knows how long. I probably should look through and update my gallery at some point, but now I have another side job and am seriously considering getting out of the cake biz all together!
come to think about it i think i'd try/test modeling choco for this operation then the warmth of you hand could get them to flex for you
but it has to be tested first i don't know for sure
looking forward to seeing your handiwork
i think it has a kind of animal like leopard-y vibe to it in gold
know what else you could do is dot the surface with uneven circular imprints and go back and color them in -- easier still
i mean dot the fondant surface after the cake is final iced --
I just discovered Kara's couture cakes...great videos...One on gelatin sequins. ..maybe that could help....
I just received a picture of they SAME CAKE from a bride. I am trying to decide the lesser of the evils: hand-painting each dot on the cake or hand-gluing each dot on the cake!
I'm leaning toward B: glue - - - Because I can make and paint the sequins ahead of time and recruit helpers to assist with the day-of assembly.
Yoyopof3, we should keep in touch!
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