I am a beginner and I want to make a cake for Christmas that has a little "pond" on the cake. I know to use piping gel and blue coloring, but I don't know exactly how to apply it to the cake. Can someone please help me?? Thanks!!

~Sara

Hi Sara,

I would either use a parchment paper piping bag with no tip, just a tiny hole; or a disposable piping bag, or even a disposable food storage bag with a small round tip to pipe the gel.

HTH

P.S. You might want to outline the lake, then fill in.

I have done it before using just a 2-4 tip and tint the gel very light blue. It doesn't move.

Could tint some icing shade of blue you want. Pipe an outline on the cake with white icing to the shape of your pond. Let it harden, then flood with softer blue icing. Once it has hardened, pipe over with piping gel to give a watery look.
Could then build up edges of pond to look like snow drifts etc

cheers
Jan

I never us a bag to apply to cake I spread on with my cake spreader and always comes out nice and looks like it has a little ripple to it. I thought I had one in my photos but I don't. Can't wait to see picture of your finished cake it sounds nice.

I used a spoon and dolloped it in, but for the cake I made the area for the water was about 3"wx6"lx1/2"d. Then I used the back of the spoon to smooth it out and simulate the ripples of water. I didn't have any problems. I did use a parchment bag for the waterfall though.

I did have a time trying to make the cake though. All kinds of visitors the day I was decorating who all insisted on sitting down for coffee, asking a bunch of questions non cake related, and generally making a pest of themselves. Then I had to go to work to take care of an emergency, and before I new it. . . Boom! Time for the party! So instead of the waterfall looking like slaterock, it is just rolled fondant, and instead of side decorations, it got a plain border sprayed blue. It was my dd birthday cake though, so she understood. She just wanted to go to the pool and have pizza and SUGAR!!!!!

Good luck to you!

I usually do what Crylynn suggested. I think it comes out fine, but I guess it depends on what type body of water you want to copy: a lake, a puddle, a flowing river, a waterfall, etc. Then the other suggestions might be more of what you need to do.

I was wandering how that much piping gel on a cake would taste?