help with the icing comb
Can anyone shed some light on how to use this contraption? It seems like such a simple way to add a design element to buttercream but when I tried it I was getting icing all over the place and the lines were uneven where I paused as I turned my turntable. Is there a trick or should I just say screw it, that was $1.39 I will never see again?
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Permalink Reply by Karen Marie on
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LOL there is always a trick to everything....first makes sure you hold it straight and angle the comb in towards the cake slightly resting on on the turntable or the cake board...turn the table with one hand as you hold the comb in the other...dont push too hard..light pressure and you should go completely around the cake....practice practice practice.....if you have to stop make sure the edges line up with the design...that is why you rest it on the cake board...hope that helps and that is how I do it...
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Permalink Reply by Deah on
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I have one and I've only used it a few times. There is a trick to it but I haven't totally figured it out. I never get it right the first time around. One thing though, before you start reach around your turntable as far as you can so you can turn the cake further without lifting the comb.
Remember, cake decorating is ART not perfection.
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You know Deah you are so right about that...it will drive you crazy to try to get everything perfect...you cant...that is the beauty of things being hand made....
Deah said:I have one and I've only used it a few times. There is a trick to it but I haven't totally figured it out. I never get it right the first time around. One thing though, before you start reach around your turntable as far as you can so you can turn the cake further without lifting the comb.
Remember, cake decorating is ART not perfection.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Cintron on
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Ok, I think I will have a bit of leftover batter from the sheet cake I need to bake today - maybe enough for a 6" round. I will use that for practice! Thank you ladies! I am just glad I never invested in that whole decorating comb multi-pack. I just have the triangle :)
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That is why I think I will never be able to make a business out of cake design - I am way too hard on myself, trying to get everything perfect - which I never achieve anyway! My Wilton instructor told me not to worry about it, that *I* see the flaws but the client will be amazed at what I can do and never notice anything wrong. I'm not so sure about that. And I don't have enough friends or family members locally to be able to practice enough ... as it is my husband complains that I am making him bigger around every day! I think he looks cute!
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I have the Wilton triangle and a steel comb and I can pretty much do anything with those 2...we can never have enough tools it seems....
Jennifer Cintron said:Ok, I think I will have a bit of leftover batter from the sheet cake I need to bake today - maybe enough for a 6" round. I will use that for practice! Thank you ladies! I am just glad I never invested in that whole decorating comb multi-pack. I just have the triangle :)
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Oh the other thing is if you have to stop turning the cake dont lift the comb...just reach around and grab the wheel and turn until you have gone completely around the cake..then lift away from the cake in a horizontal direction..not up...it is sometimes hard to explain stuff without a visual....
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Jennifer, your teacher is correct. Here's an example from this weekend. I love good scroll work but I haven't been able to perfect it enough for my liking. Monday I had to take a cake to a cook-out and decided to do some practicing. So I scrolled the top of a cake and saw each and every flaw. But, I was looking at each and every line not the whole product. When I stepped back and saw the finished product I thought it had some potential. Well, when I arrived with the cake every one raved over it. See, others don't see each and every detail like we do. They see the amazing work they wish they could do.
Jennifer Cintron said:That is why I think I will never be able to make a business out of cake design - I am way too hard on myself, trying to get everything perfect - which I never achieve anyway! My Wilton instructor told me not to worry about it, that *I* see the flaws but the client will be amazed at what I can do and never notice anything wrong. I'm not so sure about that. And I don't have enough friends or family members locally to be able to practice enough ... as it is my husband complains that I am making him bigger around every day! I think he looks cute!
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Deah is so right on....we are our own worst critics...and you have everyone else who wishes they can do what you do...I see all the flaws in my work but they wouldnt be there if I didnt make everything with my own 2 hands...look at nature,,,not perfect but beautiful regardless....look at a flower up close...petals a little brown, torn edges but you step back and you see beauty not flaws....look at your work as progress...see it as how far you have come in the past 6 months...a year....that always makes me feel better.
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Well, after all that, I can't find the damn decorating triangle! So I just smoothed out my edges with a paper towel and moved on with my life!
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