Okay...so I have a customer who wanted a few figures mounted on a cake..No problem..I thought I have an EI printer so I printed the characters and mounted them on dried fondant...went to go cut them out and the fondant is too hard and the knife is just breaking the image. Grrrr so...I print off another EI and this time mount it on fresh rolled out fondant and then tried to cut out the figure with an exact knife...It kinds rips the edge of the EI.Grrrr again

So how exactly do you experts do this? I am wasting EI paper and still not getting a perfect cutout.The knife just drags the EI paper and kinda tears it...what am I doing wrong?

Tamivo...You have several cutout images on your cakes...How do you do it?


Laurel

I'd like to see the answer to this as well.

Thanks!

Hi,
I'm far from an expert, but I use scissors when I have to cut them out.
Especially when I have a weird or strange shape, less ripped edges too!
Hope this helps,
Jodi

Are you using a REALLY sharp knife or X-acto blade? If the image is not too detailed, you can even use a small rotary cutter.

Do not wait until it is totally hardened. I have done it with scissors as well as a sharp knife. If the fondant is hard, score the image first and then cut it the rest of the way through. but it is best to do it before it hardens.

Another thought is to cut the image before putting it on the fondant, then just cut the fondant around. I think I did it that way the first time I made one!

I only apply EIs to soft fondant. Most of the time I do like Debbie and cut the image first, place on the fondant, then cut around the image again to remove the excess fondant.

Sometimes that's not possible when the image is very detailed. If you want to cut the image and the fondant at the same time, first, roll your fondant as thin as possible. Not only will this make it easier to cut through, your finished figures will be very light and easy to put on the cake.

Make sure you're working on a hard surface.

If there's lots of detail to cut, a sharp Xacto knife is best. If you're cutting out a square or rectangle, a clay blade works best.

Thanks Everyone for your tips and input!! I did manage to get it somewhat decent and I'll have to spray the edges with darker blue to hide the ragged edges but I can still use it...I did somwhat cut out the image but it had small details like hands etc so I'll know for next time....

I cut the image first...then I put it on top of the fondant and cut around it with an exacto knife. If the knife drags dip it in cornstarch and it works. Good luck!!

Sometimes with hands and other tiny details, you have to fudge a little. On this cake, I had to sacrifice some details in order to keep the dancing figures in one piece. You wouldn't even know what was missing.

DianeLM, what an awesome cake!!! and nope you could not tell if something is missing.

Quick question, where do you get silhouette images??

Great cake...You can't tell the difference..If you don't mind answering...what did you do to get them to stand?

I just did a Bing image search for dancing silhouettes. I've saved a bunch to my hard drive. If you want me to send them to you, email me at eyedewcakes @ yahoo.com (eliminate spaces).

Thanks Diane!!

great cake and tanks for all the helpful replys you guys make it sound so easy. Diane how did you get the kaliedoscope colours?