Posts by Swede-cakes

So six months later, I finally get to create the pearl covered cake I'd originally posted about. I did use piping gel (thank you jgifford!), but I ended up squirting lines of sparkly piping gel on top of each tier while they were still...

Thanks again, everyone! I worked up a price for the cake and she booked. Very excited to be able to recreate this cake!!!

OH! Ok, gotcha! Thanks Jgifford!

labella24, your cake is beautiful!! Approximately how long did it take you for pearl work?

LOL! I just found that other thread! Well, a watermark on that photo would have made this easier for me to inquire with the original baker about the method, but my detective work paid off. I backtracked through three separate Pinterests...

Interesting! Ok, so piping gel should work. And seriously you think they're dragees, Jgifford? Those are known to crack a molar! LOL! I'd be inclined to use fondant pearls for the simple reason that there are SO many, the alternative is...

Met with a bride who wants this cake, and when I looked at it, all I could think of was that the qty of fondant pearls on this must be...what...2000-3000?? When I count out 10 pearls in the photo, then kind of estimate 10 of those...

Thanks, Ursula. You confirmed my hesitation on the buttercream, so I'm going to nix this idea. I've done a LOT of leg work for this couple anyway just in the past week, trying to come up with requested alternatives to their 7-tier idea....

I'm trying to find a way to incorporate the look of seven tiers for a couple without having a truckload of wedding cake leftover. This cake shown here looks like a neat idea that would solve our dilemma. I realize that the smaller tiers...

Thank you both for your responses. I've had only two couples request dummy tiers, and they both ended up just going with real cake once they thought about beautifully decorated styro tiers lying in the trash bin. As one groom said,"It's...