Lead lighting in cakes

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Permalink Reply by Cyn on January 25, 2013 at 10:37pm

Do you have a picture of what this is?  I don't know what Lead Lighting is.

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on January 27, 2013 at 12:57am

I have never used it but would like to see the responses here.  Love the looks when it is done right!

 

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Permalink Reply by Kylee Ghodsi on January 27, 2013 at 2:44am

Here is a simple example:

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Permalink Reply by Cyn on January 27, 2013 at 2:21pm

Ah! "LED" Lighting.I did a cake with a motorized flashing light--I put the wire down through the cake through a plastic straw, leading it out to the battery hidden at the back of the cake.  The LEDs are "Light-Emitting Diodes" and you can find them at Michaels, etc. They come in bundles of strands attached to a battery box, in assorted sizes.

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Permalink Reply by Kylee Ghodsi on January 27, 2013 at 6:01pm

Ooops, my bad spelling - gets you into no end of trouble!!!

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Permalink Reply by Cakes By Carla on January 28, 2013 at 10:35am

You don't have to use LED lights that plug in. In the bridal section of Michaels they sell little LED lights that are battery powered - they run on those little watch type batteries. Just twist them on and they're ready to go.

Anyway - how I do mine is I take those Wilton plastic dowels (they are hollow tubes you cut to size for dowel stacking) and I cut them into sections a little less than the height of the cake - one for each light. 

Then I push them into the cake, then push a piece of gumpaste down in each one (this helps protect the cake from touching the light and helps give you a surface to push your light into to keep it steady).

Then twist on your lights and insert them - light bulb pointing up. Then put your sugar work over the top. The lights last about 8-12 hours so I put mine in right before delivery.

Here's an example of mine...

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/iron-man-with-led-lights?context=user

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Permalink Reply by Kylee Ghodsi on January 28, 2013 at 4:58pm

Fantastic.  Thanks so much for this post.  The effect in your iron man cake is startling.  Beautiful work.  I am in Australia and I don't think we have Michaels here.  I will have to do some investigating to source source some appropriate lights.

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Permalink Reply by Cakes By Carla on January 28, 2013 at 5:34pm

Any craft store where they sell Bridal "Do It Yourself" type stuff (in the aisle that has things to make your own veil, aisle runner, center pieces etc). In that area you usually can find a battery powered LED lights.

 I have also bought them on the internet before but I imagine even just a party supply store might carry them.

 Otherwise try the internet. I don't know what venders you use online there, but I did buy some of these lights from Overstock.com one time (I think it was them...?) Amazon.com might even carry them too. Just shop around.  Good luck! Let us know if you have any other questions. 

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Permalink Reply by Cyn on January 28, 2013 at 11:12pm

Carla, your Iron Man is great!  I had forgotten about those little twist-on lights.  I've also used the little flame-less tea lights.  They are all plastic and might be useful, too.

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