Quilting
Quilting designs
on the sides of cakes have been very popular for a number of years.
One quilting
design can be suited for a number of occasions (re. engagement, wedding,
bridal shower, etc.) just by changing the decorations at the joins. The
old technique of achieving this look was cumbersome and extremely labour
intensive as it involved using a ruler and a dress-makers wheel.
Geraldine
Randlesome has made the technique as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Tools Required:
* Diamond Marker for quilting
* Plastic
Scraper (#BS-100/CC#TSCRAP)
* Freshly Coverd Cake or Styrofoam
Dummy
Method:
1) On your
freshly Sugar Paste (Rolled Fondant) covered cake or styrofoam dummy,
place a scraper
on the top of the cake, this will help stop your fingers from indenting
the top surface.
2) Take the
desired quilting marker and place the marker at the desired starting point
on the cake. Be sure that the bottom point or curve is touching on the
cake board.
Gently push
the marker in with even pressure, you may wish to slightly rock the marker
from side to side to get full impression depending on the size of the cake.
(See Figure 1)
3) If the
top edge of the cake does not have a finished pattern when doing the steps
outlined in (2), roll marker over top edge of cake to finish the pattern.
(See figure 2)
Line the marker
up again with the base of the marker on the cake board and the side joins
then press into the sugar paste again.
Continue around
the cake in the same manner until complete.
5) Once the
cake has been quilted you can add embellishments to the joins.
Pipe a small
amount of royal icing or melted chocolate onto the desired finishing pieces
and then adhere to the joins.
