Hi all,

I'm going to attempt my first lattice work on a cake this week and have been looking at many photos online of this technique. I'm wondering what exactly you do to make those lines so straight? How do you mark the cake in both directions for all those lines?


It looks fairly simple for short lines but what if the lines cover a large area? I am hoping someone has some helpful hints for me.
Thanks!
KimAZ

my neighbor uses dental floss to make her marks then covers those marks with frosting.... my aunt and I use the wilton mat for straight lines.

What is the "Wilton mat"?

its the mat that you use when you are doing a round cake and they have something like it that is square....
here are the links
http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E30D66E-475A-BAC0-57C5D7D262D8EE2D&fid=3E32BB4B-475A-BAC0-5E68EC75487AF6C3

http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=12E16DE9-475A-BAC0-56AEE0CE62D22CF0&fid=12E16E18-475A-BAC0-5D49470B954F6CC4

you can use a pc of spaghetti to "eyeball it". Unless you are waaaay off, people won't notice a little bit.

the small flower fromer would give you good lines equally spaced

Ok, please enlighten me. What is lattice work?

Thanks!

~AngelWendy

AngelWendy,
Lattice work is that straight line string work that looks like a lattice fence.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I did try the spaghetti technique and it worked ok. I'll post my cake soon.
KimAZ

You could also divide your cake evenly and then connect the dots at the top and bottom diagonally with the spagetti or dental floss