Kirsty's black and white wedding cake

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Comment by Rima on October 3, 2012 at 10:08pm

This one is fab!

Comment by Katy Nott on September 25, 2012 at 7:09am

Thanks for the info Bettina.  This is such a great place for learning these tricks from others.

Comment by Bettina Dwyer on September 25, 2012 at 4:36am

Thanks Jane. : )

Comment by Bettina Dwyer on September 25, 2012 at 4:36am

Katy I used Ameri Color super black. You'll find that it is more of a charcoal colour when you're mixing it, but it dries black.

Comment by Jane Bennett on September 25, 2012 at 2:31am

Simply gorgeous.

Comment by Katy Nott on August 27, 2012 at 6:54am

It's brilliant Bettina.  sorry, one more question - what did you use to get the royal icing so black?

Comment by Bettina Dwyer on August 26, 2012 at 4:09pm

Thank you everyone. : ) Katy, I pricked out the main design elements first and then piped over them and added more detail as I went, freehand.
   I recently viewed a tutorial online at Craftsy called Modern Piping. I had never made royal icing this way before. You beat it until it's shiny and meringue like and can hold detail. It was so much softer to pipe and easier on my hands than the way I was taught to pipe royal icing - being from the string work and extension 'school' of piping royal icing.
   I was delighted with the way it piped and it was a totally different technique to what I had been used to. The tip of the pipe is actually touching the cake surface! It made it easier to 'draw' and the cake didn't have to be tilted in order to pipe effectively! I was very excited about it and will be using this technique again.
   Of course you can't use this type of royal icing to do lace and extension work as it has too much air in it, and the lines can be wobbly until you get the technique right, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Comment by Katy Nott on August 26, 2012 at 10:27am

Bettina this is totally wonderful.  You have the design to a T.  Did you freehand pipe the pattern?  Incredible work.

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on August 26, 2012 at 10:24am

BEAUTIFUL , LOVE THIS IDEA OFBLACK AND WHITE , AND YOU NAILED THE DRESS