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photocookiediva
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:26 pm |
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How did they create such smooth black lines on the bottom tier of this cake? It is not fondant, it is buttercream, I believe.  |
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darandon
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:30 pm |
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my hands are too 'wiggly' to be able to get smooth straight lines so I'm no help to you. |
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leahs
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:33 pm |
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I'd have to cut them out of fondant. |
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playingwithsugar
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:41 pm |
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The 2B basketweave tip is large enough to make that stripe. You use the other side.
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sarahnichole975
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:41 pm |
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Meeee tooo! No straight piped lines here, fondant all the way. The pic is a bit too small for me to be able to tell for sure. But honestly they either don't look perfectly straight or like they have a piped edge on them. That or I should lay off the bottle this early in the day....lol j/k.... |
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photocookiediva
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:56 pm |
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Thanks for the replies!
I know I was trying to make it a bigger pic, but my computer is all messed up. I swear the stripes are perfectly smooth with the rest of the cake and therefore can not be fondant.
My good friend challenged me with this cake for 4th of july. I am going to change the stripes to red and the dots to blue. What do you guys think?? |
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jammjenks
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:01 pm |
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I think if you start at the top of the tier and work your way down you could do it. You would need to pull the tip away and down (think stringwork) so that you can guide the lines without making them shaky. Make sense? |
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matwogirls
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:07 am |
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I would go and imprint a light line on one side of the stripe as a guide. otherwise I would be going at an angle and would not notice until I finished the cake. LOL.
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dawncr
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tiggy2
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:57 am |
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| jammjenks wrote: | | I think if you start at the top of the tier and work your way down you could do it. You would need to pull the tip away and down (think stringwork) so that you can guide the lines without making them shaky. Make sense? |
This is what I was thinking also. |
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all4cake
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:01 am |
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or, you can do a FBCT for the side.
cut freezer paper the length and height of the tier plus enough length to be able to grab the ends without messing with the design. Pipe your design and fill in. Then, wrap iced band around tier side, pressing evenly against cake. Use a fondant smoother to assist in smoothing. Stick cake in freezer long enough for icing to firm up. Remove from freezer and quickly but carefully remove paper backing. |
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mmgiles
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:02 am |
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If its completly smooth with the side of the cake it doesnt sound like piping would work. I'm thinking painting the crusting buttercream, or better yet, someone else already said it, a stencil (or some sort) and spray the line. I would probaly find a heavy cardstock paper or that you would spray and use the paper to block the line. As far as using paper (I've done this where I cover the paper with packing tape (like laminating) or contact paper. |
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chrissysconfections
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:03 am |
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I can't see the pic that well but could it be painted or airbrushed using a stencil? |
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all4cake
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:12 am |
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It could still be done with fondant if the strips are allowed to dry a bit then embedded into the icing...you may have to remove a small amount of the bc to keep it from being forced out the sides of the strip. |
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loriemoms
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:18 am |
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The other side of the basketweave tip works well..if you have a steady hand. (I personally dont..) That is how I did the bottom tier of this cake... |
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