Decorating Yesterday and Today - from Fancy Piping to Fondant

Comment by Bunny Flowers on October 9, 2010 at 9:05pm

Welcome all new members! Let's fire up those piping bags and decorate some cakes! Yee-haw! :) The weather is getting cool in my home state of KS, and I'm going to bake and decorate some cakes -- will post pix!

Comment by mary kirsch on October 10, 2010 at 2:50pm

New member,
I have taken some Wilton classes. I have also been asked to maybe teach some classes and or local Michael s. Need to practice some stuff now to get better.

Comment by Anne M on October 14, 2010 at 1:23pm

Congrats Mary Kirsch.

I find piping needs a steady hand and sometimes my hands hurt, do u guys use anything to support your hands and wrists?

Cornelli lace fascinates me, I hope to get some practise on that sometime soon. The only thing that stops me from doing this thru out the day is my 9 to 5 job LOL.

Looking forward to your pics Bunny.

Comment by Bunny Flowers on October 14, 2010 at 5:50pm

I hope to be doing some funky Halloween cakes for parish Fun Night soon, and a base cake for a Barbie doll cake for my friend's daughter this weekend, so look for pix next week! Bunny

Comment by Marta Phillips on October 14, 2010 at 7:58pm

You go Bunny! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Comment by Bunny Flowers on October 16, 2010 at 6:51pm

Well, I did a cake this weekend! It's a girly cake for a 4-year-old. I posted pix. Used tip 31 for the pale pink flowers all over and tip 30 for the lavender ones. This was just on an impulse -- I was going to do regular star-tip stars, then saw #31 and tried it out. I liked how it made sort of flowery stars, or starry flowers, take your pick! :) Then I used 2D for the big purple ones on the corners.

Comment by Anne M on October 18, 2010 at 9:59am

I like the way you have an circle in the middle with flowers around it........I have a tip 31 which I have never used, now I will. I may copy your design if its ok with you. Yesterday I was doing some practise with shell & rope borders but after some time I noticed my icing was not coming out well to form smooth shells, there were gaps in the shell......any idea why, I did clean my tip, put in another tip and still the same problem...........any idea what I did wrong?

Comment by Bunny Flowers on October 23, 2010 at 6:52pm

Anne, you might have some air bubbles in the bag. Even when we "burp" the bags, sometimes pesky air bubbles can hide. B

Comment by Bunny Flowers on November 7, 2010 at 5:44pm

Welcome to new member Lacey!

To everybody - I was thinking it might be fun to post pictures of interesting piping we've done, or fondant techniques too - something that epitomizes the spirit of this group, which is to blend the old and the new in some way. Would anyone be interested in that? It doesn't even have to be a cake for the piping technique, you could do it on waxed paper or something. Like try out a new tip, invent a funky flower or border, etc.

Comment by Anne M on November 8, 2010 at 4:26pm

Bunny, I think that's a great idea. Have you done anything recently? I am planning a cake for the end of the month, hoping to do some piping with Royal icing. I am not great friends with royal icing.

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