I'm making my first "non-family" cake. And I want it to be PERFECT. This order came from a wedding planner. So if it is perfect, there's more down the road.

Anyways. I've made 4 tiers (8, 10, 12, 14) Alternating Chocolate MMF and Ivory MMF.

But how do I attach the ribbon. It is fabric ribbon, I've heard of chocolate fondant leaking through, does MMF do that too? How do I prep the ribbon? How do I attach it?

Should I attach it pre-stacking, or on-site to ensure it is straight.

Eeks...This is stressful, and totally fun at the same time!

I cant help you except to say that you should attach it on site .

i would attach the ribbon at the site, you could just use a couple dots of royal here and there to attach it. i don't know about it leaking through. hopefully someone else would have some thoughts.

Here's a link to a previoius discussion about this. I haven't done it; but it looks like a lot of people use wax paper under the ribbon

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-42189-attaching.html+ribbon

There are several threads on prepping the ribbon for use, something about using wax paper as the backing. Try doing a search. You can use a bit of royal icing to secure the ribbon in the back of the cake.

Good luck with the cake!

so how many places would you guys attach it? Just the back. or maybe two or three spots?

I have heard to iron the ribbon with wax paper to transfer the wax to the ribbon.

WOuldn't it stick if you moisten the mmf in a few spots?

Stephanie

I would just attach in the back. I did this with the red heart cakes in my pics (the ones next to the horrible rainbow brite wedding cake lol) and they stayed on fine. I probably wouldn't moisten them just because it might cause noticible spots on the ribbon.