Who's Been Trying Stencils On Sides Of Cake?? Need Tips!
Decorating By springlakecake Updated 30 Aug 2006 , 11:58am by springlakecake

After everyone got so excited last month about the cake stencils, I was just wondering if a lot of people tried it and had any tips to share. I am thinking of trying it on a cake, but I would hate to screw it up as it is for a friend. Specifically what is the best way to put it on? paintbrush, spatula? What consistency of royal is best? what is the best way to secure the stencil to cake? Thanks

i tried it but with whipped cream buttercream frosting and it didnt work. the stencil image just blended in with my base coat and when i was ready to remove the stencil it took some of my base coat icing with it. i did use a spatula which works fine. i would think that it would work great on fondant or crusted buttercream, just dont press too hard with the buttercream. if i had the cake done in fondant it would have been ok to use the whipped icing as the stencil and it would not have a problem sticking. goodluck.

I tried it on the princess cake in my gallery. It came out okay, but it was a bit awkward to do (probably because it was my first attempt). I used regular consistency royal icing - as in the consistency it was when I made the icing, not thinned at all.
I held the stencil on with my left hand and iced with my right. Once you start applying the royal icing, the stencil will stay pretty well on it's own. I used a small spatula to smear it on. The best advice I can give is to make sure that you scrape the icing off the stencil well, to help get a nice clean/crisp design once the stencil is lifted off. If the stencil is not large enough for the whole area you need to cover, you will probably have to wash the stencil before you reuse it. At least I had to. Otherwise, I found it stuck to the cake and left behind some excess icing.
I definitely like this technique but need more practice.
HTH

I also tried the stencil on the sides of my karaoke cake. I iced the cake in crusting buttercream and stenciled with crusting buttercream using a small spatula. Worked pretty well, but sometimes I pressed the stencil on a little too hard so you could see the edges of the stencil. I'll do better next time... but I was pleased with the outcome.

the cakes look great! I will definitely try it. Hope it turns out as well as yours. Thanks! If anyone else has hints, I would love to hear!

I recently did it on the sides of a fondant cake. I thin the royal to the consistency of yogurt. I cut the stencils to fit the sides and taped them in to spots (tape doesn't leave residue on fondant). I spread the royal on with a tapered angled spatula and took off most of it (to the point where I could see the outline of the stenciled figure). I picked it up by both pieces of tape. After it dried, I painted it with luster dust mixed with lemon extract.
Rae


You cake looks excellent! I cant wait to try this!
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