Lead lighting in cakes - Cake Decorating Community - Cakes We Bake2024-03-29T01:25:53Zhttps://cakeswebake.com/forum/topics/lead-lighting-in-cakes?commentId=4635016%3AComment%3A1162173&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCarla, your Iron Man is great…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-29:4635016:Comment:11632672013-01-29T04:12:57.830ZCynhttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/Cyn
<p>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.…</p>
<p>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.</p>
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</div> Any craft store where they se…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-28:4635016:Comment:11633282013-01-28T22:34:17.566ZCakes By Carlahttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/CCscakes
<p>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.</p>
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<p> I have also bought them on the internet before but I imagine even just a party supply store might carry them.</p>
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<p> 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…</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p> I have also bought them on the internet before but I imagine even just a party supply store might carry them.</p>
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<p> 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. </p> Fantastic. Thanks so much fo…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-28:4635016:Comment:11631442013-01-28T21:58:59.406ZKylee Ghodsihttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/KyleeGhodsi
<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p></p> You don't have to use LED lig…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-28:4635016:Comment:11630322013-01-28T15:35:40.033ZCakes By Carlahttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/CCscakes
<p>You don't <em>have</em> 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.</p>
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<p>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. </p>
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<p>Then I push them…</p>
<p>You don't <em>have</em> 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.</p>
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<p>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. </p>
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<p>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).</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Here's an example of mine...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/iron-man-with-led-lights?context=user" target="_blank">http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/iron-man-with-led-lights?context=user</a></p> Ooops, my bad spelling - gets…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-27:4635016:Comment:11626682013-01-27T23:01:22.370ZKylee Ghodsihttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/KyleeGhodsi
<p>Ooops, my bad spelling - gets you into no end of trouble!!!</p>
<p>Ooops, my bad spelling - gets you into no end of trouble!!!</p> Ah! "LED" Lighting.I did a ca…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-27:4635016:Comment:11624532013-01-27T19:21:10.499ZCynhttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/Cyn
<p>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.…</p>
<p>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.</p>
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</div> Here is a simple example:
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<p>Here is a simple example:</p>
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<p>Here is a simple example:</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-45309 aligncenter" title="It's alive! ALIVE!" src="http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/its-alive.jpg?w=360&h=360" alt="" height="360" width="360"/></p> I have never used it but woul…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-27:4635016:Comment:11620942013-01-27T05:57:42.641Zjeri chttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/jeric
<p>I have never used it but would like to see the responses here. Love the looks when it is done right!</p>
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<p>I have never used it but would like to see the responses here. Love the looks when it is done right!</p>
<p> </p> Do you have a picture of what…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-26:4635016:Comment:11615802013-01-26T03:37:55.252ZCynhttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/Cyn
<p>Do you have a picture of what this is? I don't know what Lead Lighting is.</p>
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<p>Do you have a picture of what this is? I don't know what Lead Lighting is.</p>
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