my 1st attempt at oriental stringwork

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Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on April 12, 2013 at 3:47pm

thank you Les your awesome ;xx

Comment by Les Brown on April 12, 2013 at 2:31pm

Thank you so much for the lovely comments,

Gail this can really only be attempted on either a dummy cake or a rich fruit cake as the covering icing has to be very firm so that it doesn't mark as yep you guessed it you have to kkep turning the cake upside down to get the upright loops done.

my royal icing recipe is 1/2 ounce of merriwhite to 1 1/4 pounds of icing sugar mix very slowly dry in your mixer then slowly add 3 fluid onces of cold water continue to mix slowly and increase the mixer speed to full for a further 3 - 4 minutes. Leave to stand for about 1/2 hour covered in a tupperware box with the lid tightly closed. now the tricky bit take a spoonfull out and rub it down on a board to remove any air bubbles and then scoop a little into a piping bag with a No 1 PME nozzle and test on the edge of your countertop if the loop holds for 3-4 minutes then great you got it 1st time - if not stir in gently up to another 1/4 pound of icing sugar 1 desert spoon at a time and re-test. Its a bit hit and miss but taking the time over this bit really pays off as it will be different every time you make it. once you get the right consistency then make sure you keep the box really tightly covered and it should last a week or more but may need re-beating for a minute or 2 if allowed to stand for more than a day or 2.  confusing ? I hope not just give me a shout if your still having trouble lol

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on April 11, 2013 at 9:50am

hey!!! Les  WHATS YOUR ROYAL ICING RECIPE ? , PLEASE ; X

Comment by Luz Iglesias on April 10, 2013 at 9:16pm

Beautiful design, lovely work!

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on April 10, 2013 at 7:59am

it looks really hard to do , also to get the royal recipe right ? do you need to do it upside down ?

Comment by Les Brown on April 10, 2013 at 3:12am

Thank you Ladies its really addictive I wonder how many more rows I would have done if I hadn't run out of time lol

Comment by June Kowalczyk on April 9, 2013 at 9:54am

Just beautiful Les......  :o)

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on April 9, 2013 at 8:49am

wow Les , beautiful work

Comment by Goreti on April 9, 2013 at 8:41am

Very nice start-love this effect!