I keep seeing these beautiful cakes with the imprinted diamond pattern on fondant, BC etc. What tool do you use for this?? Is there a press or roller??
Thanks!!!

They are impression mats. You can buy them online from a bunch of retailers.

They look great! Can't wait to try it out myself!

Don't waste your time trying to do it with out a mat like I did.....lol

I found one at my local retailer this past weekend - and I can't WAIT to use it!

Here are instructions for doing it without the mat if you want to give it a try.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-3362-diamond.html

Mjones - Where do you live? I'm in Houston, Texas.

Syracuse, New York

Mjones, oh no - I can't help you too much since you're in New York. There is a wonderful supplier here in Houston called Make a Cake. We look forward to going there once a month or so to get the supplies that we need - it's on the other side of the city so I can't just drive over any time I need one little thing and we get our "everyday" supplies from Michael's or Hobby Lobby - but it's sure worth the wait to get the "special" things we need! I have seen the mats on other supply websites too - I think they are well worth the investment!

Hi mommymarilyn! I love going to Make A Cake!!! I did not buy my impression mat there though...I bought mine online from Earlene's Cakes. I have used it a couple of times and really like it!
traci

Hi Traci! It's so funny, because I was going to order mine from Earlene's website, but when we were at Make a Cake they actually had the one I wanted! And I don't remember seeing the mats there before, so I was pretty excited about coming across it at the store!

By the way, have you tried the German Chocolate icing they have there? It is WONDERFUL - it tastes like CANDY! They were giving out samples when we were there a few months ago, and I wanted to buy a little container of it this time to try on a cake, but they only had it in HUGE containers - like 5 or 10 gallons or something crazy like that! Anyway, next time you're there, ask for a taste - you'll see what I mean!

Marilyn

I have not bought any icing from there yet...but I will the next time I go. It is too bad that it is so far away. I have not been there in a while! My problem is when I do go...I go crazy and spend too much money!
traci

Over here we use patchwork cutters. They're wonderful for embossing, as well as the diamond pattern theres one for quilting, brickwork, basket weave ect. Ebay usually has quite a few cutters for sale or failing that http://newlook.design-a-cake.co.uk/
this is a cake decorating shop near me but they are quite willing to ship outside the UK. You can contact them through the website for details of shipping ect.