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post #16 of 22
8/15/05 at 9:02pm
For sides or top first or back and forth question....

I tried the top first and then the sides..... for me i just couldn't get the hang of it. I now smooth out my sides first.... i get them as smooth as I like and forget about the top. This gives me icing that was pushed up from the side along the top edge.

I then go to the top. With that extra icing around the top edge from the sides I pull straight across that edge... This also give me a fairly sharp corner.

This way (or the backwards way) works best for me. Although maybe i am backwards. Because I found out recently that even though I am right handed, I make a rose like a left handed person. As in, I go the opposite direction around a rose than most right handed people.

Hope this description works for you, if you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask.

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post #17 of 22
8/16/05 at 12:34am
Wow, Thanks! I had been taught the wilton Way 3 years ago...but I tend to do my own thing 99% of the time. I will indeed try to do the wilton way again. Hopefully it will help...I am however a lefty and backwards from most of you so I will also try Leily's way. Thanks you guys for the help!
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post #18 of 22
8/16/05 at 5:29am
I do the top and then the sides and then pull the extra back over the top again and smooth (as best as I can) i'm still learning!

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post #19 of 22
8/16/05 at 10:51am
This is wild bj - I do just the opposite. I do the sides first and then the top for the same reasons - when I do the sides - it forms a ridge on the top and then I draw my spatula from the sides in towards the middle. Once that is done - I then do the final smoothing with the paint guard thingy (we really should come up with a name for that thing which fits the cake decorating field - haha). I guess it's what works for each person. As long as your comfortable doing it and the final out come reflects the out put. thumbs_up.gif
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post #20 of 22
8/16/05 at 4:34pm
BJ I GOT ONE OF THOSE IN HOME DEPOT. DH IS A SHEETROCKER AND HE WAS THERE LOOKING AT TOOLS HE NEEDED AND I SAID THAT I NEEDED ONE OF THOSE FOR MY CAKES. HE THOUGHT I WAS KIDDING AND WHEN WE CHECKED OUT HE KNEW I WAS SERIOUS BECAUSE I WAS PAYING FOR IT. I HAVEN'T USED IT YET BUT I INTEND TO! YOUR CAKE TURNED OUT GREAT!
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post #21 of 22
8/16/05 at 4:47pm
BJ, I bought a stainless steel one from Lowes about a year ago. It works great for smoothing frosing on full sheet cakes! I also bought a bench scraper from sugarcraft.com I use it for the sides. Works like a charm!
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post #22 of 22
8/16/05 at 7:15pm
KATE39 - my husband is a contractor - that's how I discovered Home Depot! He actually brought me home a good stainless steel one because I bought a plastic one. He said "if you're going to use it you may as well have the good one!" I run into people there all the time. They laugh when I tell them what i'm there for!

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