single tier wedding cake

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Comment by Anita Lyons on February 18, 2011 at 9:57am

Thanks, Ann....again, gorgeous cake!

Comment by ann pallett on February 17, 2011 at 6:22pm

Hi Anita, sorry I've confused myself!!!!!!! what I meant to say is when your practicing straight lines, writing etc you should have a sag  in the icing.

I wouldn't attempt to do the scrolling I've done on this cake until you are experienced  in royal icing.

I'ts very difficult to pipe on the sides of cakes as you know,  when I'm piping alot of royal icing ends up being wiped off!!!!!! the tip is 4----- not sure if you have the same numbered tips as the UK . And yes I did use the same tip for all the decor.

Thank you Anita for all your kind words.

Comment by Anita Lyons on February 7, 2011 at 11:45am

Love your piping...  You say to keep the tip at least one inch above the icing but in looking at your cake, how do you get the wider areas if you are at that distance?  It looks as though you just applied more pressure for those areas.  And, how do you do it while working on the side of a cake?  One more question, what size tip did you use and did you use the same size for all of it?  I really love this cake,,,beautiful job!  Thanks for the help!

Comment by ann pallett on October 14, 2010 at 6:44am

Thank you Anne, it's with a fondant covered cake and royal icing, although I think you could do this in buttercream.

Comment by Anne M on October 13, 2010 at 1:07pm

is this with butter cream on fondant? Beautiful.

Comment by ann pallett on September 8, 2010 at 6:20pm

I used to teach cake decorating, And the best advice I can give you is to practice . Draw squares and circles and scrolling on to a sheet of paper and then pipe onto the paper untill you feel confident.
Another last tip is when piping, the nozel(I think you call it a tip) should be at least an 1" above your surface with a sag in the icing, don't stretch it or it will break.
Good luck with your piping

Comment by Teneisha Williams on September 8, 2010 at 5:55pm

Always a pleasure Anne...how do you go about such piping detail...it scares me...

Comment by ann pallett on September 8, 2010 at 5:41pm

Thank you Tina and Teneisha...Lol........ phone rang while down loading, and then daughter closed tab!!!! Anyway it's the right way now Tenisha..;)

Comment by Teneisha Williams on September 8, 2010 at 2:28pm

My neck!!!!!...:)...love your piping work....