My customer wants some of these 3d wedding cake truffles, but she wants a black ribbon around them like her wedding cake will have. What is the best way to do this? Im kicking myself for even agreeing to do it. What a pain.

Anyways, I would like it to look nice and straight, would using candy clay work? Ive never used it before so I dont really know if that will work or not. I dont even know how I'd attach it. I guess some melted white chocolate applied to the strips?

Would it better to just paint black chocolate ribbons on them? Less trouble maybe? But if it looks messy I dont think it would be worth it.

If you guys were doing this, how would you go about it?

How much are you charging?

That makes a difference as to the work that goes into them.

I agree, painting may not look neat if your hand is not steady. I would just use strips of black fondant with gum glue if I did those which I can tell you I never would, too hard for my fat fingers to work with something so small.

I'd do it with a black candy writer or black royal if I got stuck.

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do you have a extruder gun (clay extruder)? I would use the smallest size hole and just extrude out black fondant or chocolate and just go around the layers as the fondant comes out of the extruder. I would think it would go fairly fast and the borders should be straight. Alot easier than painting.

The extruder has a disc that makes a tiny flat ribbon. I'm not sure if it comes with the original set or with the extra set of discs that I purchased.

Those things are tiny! I think I'd pipe the "ribbon".

Trying to manipulate that tiny of a rope of fondant or gumpaste sounds like a great way to end up with all my hair torn out and me curled up in a corner babbling incoherently.

It's not working guys. I tried painting it, it just looks so sloppy. It wasnt any better trying to pipe it on with a tip #2. I just made some candy clay and Im gonna see if it will go through my clay extruder. It's my first time making it. It's cool stuff! I can think of tons of uses for this. I keep thinking of Ace of Cakes and those rocker hands made with this stuff. Candy clay IS the same thing as modeling chocolate, right? I just assumed it was. Man, I gotta make me some rocker hands. Awesome.

I hope this works!

where did you get the mold for the truffles??? Those are adorable.

As far as I've always known...modelling chocolate and candy clay ARE the same thing!!

I've used candy clay in my extruder tons of time and it's so much easier to do than fondant. Just make sure it's not sticky or melty when you put it in or it's hard to clean. You can attach it to the cake with piping gel or a little bit of icing or melted chocolate.

Those mold are cute, but I would charge at least $2 each, you're better than a grocery store.

You are a custom caker - why on earth would u charge basic grocery store prices?! I think after this ur priority needs to be learning how to value your time, and ur quality - I bet urs are tastier and look better, are personalised, and take a lot of time - all of which justifies a higher price tag. So at that price, what are you personally making per hour?

Hopefully the extruder works, or I'd try a smaller tip.
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If these are just samples, I do not think it's wrong for you to tell her that you discovered that the amount of time per cake is significantly more than you expected and thus you would have to charge $2 per mini cake. If you want to be kind and tell her they are 75 cents undecorated that would be ok, but with the ribbon they sound like a PITA and that deserves PITA prices. The molds are adorable but I can't fathom doing the chocolate ribbon on them. If you really don't want to do them tell her they are $3 each

Oh definitly tell her that the price has gone up! I would explain that after making the samples for her, that there would be no way that you could make them at that price. They have just turned out to be way too labor intensive. Just because somthing is smaller to make doesn't necessarily make them easier.

Okay, this could be a really bad idea, but what's one more? What if you crumbled some dry fondant really fine, then used some clear piping gel/black royal where the ribbons would be and dipped the truffles in the fondant? Not exactly ribbons, but they're small so it might be okay. I don't do truffles so if this is the dumbest thing you've ever heard, ignore me

do these have cake in them? Or is it a candy truffle?? Just curious.


Anyhow..........instead of holding the cakes, what about anchoring them to a turntable?? Too bad you couldn't fashion a mini turntable that would allow you to just spin the little beauty around as you pipe some black royal icing?

It just occurred to me, couldn't you paint the black chocolate ribbon into the mold before you poured in the white choc and filled them? Not for this situation of course but in the long run that would be easier, especially if you only did the ribbon on the bottom tier. Just a thought

I thought of that too. But then again painting it straight is an issue. Also I had to paint the white chocolate in the inside of the mold so it would be hollow for the filling. I was afraid Id probably mess up the ribbons while painting on the rest of the chocolate.

Its just not worth it. Im a cake decorator, not a choclatier. I think Im just going to tell people if they want these things its just going to be basic. Otherwise go to someone who specializes in chocolates....because that is not gonna be me.