Got a request for a cake with a quilt print but the person does not want fondant...can I do this with straight buttercream?
Thanks...
Yes, it can be done, Ive also seen it alot in here on cakes. Something about using something like a ruler and if your mark your cake sides with the spaces.
What I have learned recently...which dummy me didnt think of it, I use to try and smooth my BC by spraying my cake with water to make it moist and then scrap to smooth....well, recently I read an article, and it makes sense and boy does it work!
I crust my cake, then before I ice it, I put a pot of water on the stove, and I put my scraper laying in there, handle out.....when I ice the cake, I get my HOT scraper, and I dry it good, and then start to scrape the cake, the heat works the icing very good. And it doesnt stick to the scraper at all.
so maybe quilting would be easier like this?....
I do it all the time on BC- just make sure it's crusted really well, wipe off the mat after each impression, just in case you get it a bit "greasy", this cake is all BC, gold tiers done with the impression mat....
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I used my diamond impression mat on my nephew's wedding cake and it turned out great. I didn't attempt to make it look like it had stitches, like I have done with fondant, but I still liked the look. My daughter took a close up of the quilted layer. I have posted it with the pictures of the wedding cake if you would like to get a good peek at how using the impression mat would look. Like the others have said, just make sure your buttercream has crusted. Another hint is decide where you want the back of your cake to be and start using the impression mat at that place. That way if you pattern doesn't match up perfectly when you get to the end, it won't matter quite as much because it will be in the back. HTH
Like the others have said, just make sure your buttercream has crusted.
The you are referencing is beautiful! You used SMBC? Great job!
Here is where I'm confused...SMBC doesn't crust, at least mine doesn't. Do I just wait until it's cold?
I used my diamond on my nephew's wedding cake and it turned out great. I didn't attempt to make it look like it had stitches, like I have done with fondant, but I still liked the look. My daughter took a close up of the quilted layer. I have posted it with the pictures of the wedding cake if you would like to get a good peek at how using the would look. Like the others have said, just make sure your buttercream has crusted. Another hint is decide where you want the back of your cake to be and start using the at that place. That way if you pattern doesn't match up perfectly when you get to the end, it won't matter quite as much because it will be in the back. HTH
Does the impression mat wrap all the way around the cake? I have a small impression mat and have never tried it yet. It's only about 6"x5" so it won't wrap around an entire cake. So wouldn't it be hard to match up the lines if you have to remove the mat and place it again until you get all the way around the cake.?
bvwilliams -- That's about the size of my mat too. Mine might be a little bigger than that. You just have to go slow. When you put your mat up to the side of the cake, don't press all the way to the edges or you will have a line on your cake from the edge of you mat. Press more towards the center, out towards the edge. Pull your mat off, wipe any icing that might have stuck to it off, carefully line up your pattern and press the mat on again until you get all of the way around the cake.
As promised, I told you I would let you know how the quilting went on my SMBC cake. It worked somewhat well. I covered the cake then let it chill over night. I used my impression mat but I didn't get the definition I was hoping for so I just went back over the lines with my bench scraper using the impression mat as a guide. You can see the result on the princess cake in my photos.
Thanks for all your help!
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