How do ya'll do the Monograms that stand up on top of the cake? I want to do one in white chocolate, if that is possible. What I was wanting to know is How do you get the monogram design? Do you free hand them on paper then cover with wax paper to do the design or is there some type of program to go to? How thick does the design need to be to be sturdy and how do you attach them to the cake? would it be better to do in fondant.

I am actually doing a choc monogram for a grooms cake for this Sat. I picked up a wooden "T" (for the grooms last name) at wal-mart because I liked the type style. I will trace the outline on parchment paper then I will trace that outline with milk choc in a parchment bag with probably a #3 tip. Let that set and trace on top of that again to build it up. When I get to the desired thickness I will begin to flood with choc. I let that harden completely then I remove from the parchment and place on a wire cooling rack. (Somewhere in here I use a wooden skewer to attach to the back and seal it with choc. Sometimes I use a couple because the choc can get pretty heavy.) I pour more choc let that harden remove and clean the edges with a sharp knife. Flip the "T" over and pour choc on the other side. Let it harden, clean the edges and keep going until it looks like I want it to. When I get the look I want I have Mahogany Luster Dust that I brush on dry. It really makes the milk choc look good.
Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Diane

I forgot to add that you can also go to Microsoft Work and pick a font and size that you like and trace it.

Diane

What if I want a three letter monogram?? it needs to be "BHG" H is for the last name, B the the brides first name and G is for the Grooms first name. That is how it is supposed to be done right?? I am having a hard time finding a font that looks good for all three letters. And how to put them together so they touch without making them look sloppy. I also don't know how big to make them for a 8" round cake. (It is for a bridal shower with about 15 people.)

I am using a 6" letter on a 12" round two layer. Since yours is and 8" I don't think you are going to be able to go very big. I think I would try to do 3 seperate letters and just place them the way I wanted them to be on the cake and not try to to do one big monogram with all three letters sort of intwined. I hope I am understanding what you are trying to do. You also might just try to find letters already made on the internet.

diane

I have letters something like what you're mentioning in my photos. It was a groom's cake I did for my husband.

Please pay no attention to how horrible they look. I had outlined them with a number four tip, then went over them with a three, and it made them look sloppy instead of elegant. I also didn't make them thick enough, as you can see. I was pressed for time, as I had my own wedding coming up.. hehe

I just used lollipop sticks to hold them up, and if they had been thicker, and I had built the chocolate up around the sticks, it would have been much better, but I didn't think to. I just glued them on the back of the letters with chocolate, so they weren't very sturdy.

Take cakeladydi's advice, and do them as she said. They will turn out beautifully. Having 3 letters doesn't make much of a difference. Just make the middle letter (the surname initial) a tad bit larger than the other two letters, and they won't look all smooshed together. If I recall correctly, the top tier is a 6 inch oval.. so you should be able to fit 3 letters on an 8 inch just fine.

Print out a few letters in different sizes, and practice them. You'll get the one you want, and you can just hold the paper up to the pan, to see if it's going to be too large, or too small.

I can't remember the size, sadly.. I do remember the font was Edwardian Script IT.

Here is the cake I did for my dear husband.

thank you all!! i was thinking that doing the three letters together would make them more sturdy. Does that make sense? I am just afriad that no one else will know what I wrote and I only do because I wrote it! know what i mean?

Hollyanna,

Your grooms cake look great! I like the way you did the letters. Cassi that is probably more what you want yours to look like. And with white choc I think it will look pretty. Just do like Hollyanna said and make the middle initial a little bit larger than the other two.
Good luck.

Diane

Thank you very much, cakeladydi! I really appreciate that.

I completely understand. That's why I traced mine from letters I had printed out. If I had tried to freehand that.. whoo boy.. Well, I doubt I'd have been able to tell what they were myself. haha

I type, I don't write. My hand writing is atrocious. (man, that word just looks weird)

Anyway, I understand what you mean about putting them all together. Maybe you could make a plaque and put the monogram on it? It would be more sturdy that way. You could even use the pin prick method to outline the letters they way you want them to look.

Honestly, if I had just made mine a bit thicker, they would have been fine, and probably a lot prettier. As long as you have enough chocolate over the stick, or whatever you're using to put it into the cake, you will be fine.

Give yourself more credit. I think you're more talented than you realize.


Hope this helps,

Holly