Anyone have a clue as to what mat or impression roller created the texture on the fondant?
A client wants to order this cake and I have been to a bunch of cake supply sites looking for this texture but can't find it. I also don't know the source of the photo. 
Thanks!
a famous cake designer uses the fluorescent light cover for a similar design, RBI, maybe, barring that u can go to your home depot/loews type store and get a wire mesh with this design. i've used the oddest thing to get designs. you get very creative on a budget
That's a great thought, but if you notice on the cake (especially on the cake board), it's not an impression made by pressing the outward dots on the fluorescent fixture cover into the fondant, creating a recession...the dots on the fondant are poking out, so whatever was pushed onto that fondant had to have round indentions/cavities in it.
At the bakery I worked for several years ago, we had to come up with this same texture. Never could find an impression roller or mat like it ANYWHERE! And then I thought, 'you know that sure looks like that mesh rubber drawer liner that we used as grippy pads to put underneath our cakes when transporting.' So, one of the decorators physically got on top of the table and with fondant underneath and the pad on top she rolled a long section. It worked great. But she pressed very hard and had to keep that same pressure all along the length of the fondant so that it was even. (I would include a picture of the cake we did it for, but I can't attach a photo on these forums and I don't want to put it in my gallery since it wasn't my cake. )
At the bakery I worked for several years ago, we had to come up with this same texture. Never could find an impression roller or mat like it ANYWHERE! And then I thought, 'you know that sure looks like that mesh rubber drawer liner that we used as grippy pads to put underneath our cakes when transporting.' So, one of the decorators physically got on top of the table and with fondant underneath and the pad on top she rolled a long section. It worked great. But she pressed very hard and had to keep that same pressure all along the length of the fondant so that it was even. (I would include a picture of the cake we did it for, but I can't attach a photo on these forums and I don't want to put it in my gallery since it wasn't my cake. )
You can use tinypic.com to add pictures to your post. It is really easy... just go to that website and upload your image. Once that is complete it will take you to a page with different "share this image" codes... copy the IMG code and paste into your post. Viola your picture should apear!
At the bakery I worked for several years ago, we had to come up with this same texture. Never could find an impression roller or mat like it ANYWHERE! And then I thought, 'you know that sure looks like that mesh rubber drawer liner that we used as grippy pads to put underneath our cakes when transporting.' So, one of the decorators physically got on top of the table and with fondant underneath and the pad on top she rolled a long section. It worked great. But she pressed very hard and had to keep that same pressure all along the length of the fondant so that it was even. (I would include a picture of the cake we did it for, but I can't attach a photo on these forums and I don't want to put it in my gallery since it wasn't my cake. )
You can use tinypic.com to add pictures to your post. It is really easy... just go to that website and upload your image. Once that is complete it will take you to a page with different "share this image" codes... copy the IMG code and paste into your post. Viola your picture should apear!
OK, I'm going to try it:
I think it's a RVO mat... let me look and see if I can find it.
probably something like this...
http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=27513&name=Dots%20Rolling%20Pin%2016%20inch%20by%20GSA
Something like wire mesh would make diamonds that stand out.
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It looks to me like a fluorescent light cover.
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