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Striped pattern on pleated fondant

post #1 of 5
8/28/12 at 10:25pm
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Hello, I am brand new to CC and had a question on how to do a free form striped pattern on pleated fondant. I have a wedding cake due very soon and my bride wants striping similar to the cake in this link:
http://wedding-special.onsugar.com/tag/modern-wedding-cakes

Does anyone know how I would do this?? It is the second cake pictured on this link (brown and white cake)

Thanks so much icon_biggrin.gif
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post #2 of 5
8/29/12 at 1:29am
It looks like modelling chocolate to me, rather than fondant. I suspect that a sausage of brown modelling chocolate has been laid over white modelling chocolate and rolled in, in the shape of a giant rectangle. Then the piece cut and laid very slightly overlapped so that the pattern still matches. I would think you could do the same thing with fondant, but you would need to stick down the sausage with water or something.
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post #3 of 5
8/29/12 at 4:05am
Hi there, this is a technique done by a guy called Richard Festen. It is made with chocolate clay and he uses a particular rolling technique that gets the clay extraordinarily thin so he can use it almost like paper.

If you google his name, you will find DVDs he sells that can instruct you on these techniques.

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post #4 of 5
8/29/12 at 7:29am
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Thanks to both of you for your tips! I've checked out Richard Festen and his work is amazing! I think I'll try rolling in the brown strips into the white and see if I can get the seams to smooth out so it looks like one sheet. icon_biggrin.gif
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post #5 of 5
8/29/12 at 9:27am
The flat pieces are NOT pleated, just cut into strips and laid slightly overlapped. That's the only way the pattern can line up. Use a ruler to cut all your pieces and then pick them up in sequence.
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