A very close friend of mine got married on 4th of July down at Battery Gardens and I had the pleasure of making a cake for her intimate event. I stenciled a damask pattern then hand painted it gold. Time consuming, but definitely worth it. To it, I added a simple flower with gold lining. The flavors were red velvet with cream cheese frosting (our most popular combo!)
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So stunning! I'm constantly impressed by your simple, perfectly-executed designs.
Exquisite.
It looks amazing! Stencil designs are not easy esp on a round cake. Just wondering why you choose to hand paint the gold onto the stencil. Would the effect have been less dramatic if you colored the royal icing gold?
this is an absolutely gorgeous cake, liz! and i loved the laptop one, too. i want to eat them. (briana)
This cake is amazing! What kind of stencil did you use? Also, did you first stencil on royal icing and then paint over top?
Hi Sherri. If it were any matte color yes, I would color the royal icing, but with gold it definitely would not have produced the same kind of sheen/glisten as it does hand painted. Plus mixing gold power into royal to get that even concentration would waste a lot of pricey powder. You're right, stenciling a round cake is no easy task :)
Ali, you can find the damask stencil at the cake supply store or on designerstencils.com Yes to the procedure.
WOW! This is such a beautiful cake! I love how colorful that flower is. You did an amazing job.
This is beautiful!! With a cream cheese filling, how do you keep it refrigerated without the fondant 'perspiring' when you take it out?
I need to stencil a round two-tiered cake with red fondant. Liz: do you have any tips? Thanks so much!
you are incredible. handpainted... what a lovely gift for a close friend. and of course, it's gorgeous!
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