it always comes out crooked or all messy!!
2007-08-13 06:26:37 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
You could always practice. Get a length of waxed paper, wet the counter a bit so it doesn't fly off, and practice with a pastry bag. You'll get the hang of it.
2007-08-13 06:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by jmax745 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of practice. LOTS OF PRACTICE. lol My cousin is so good at it and I'm so jealous. Things I can think of that might help you are to make sure your untinsil is right for you, perhaps try a few different styles of the writer-cake-pen-things. Also make a cake reserved specifically for writing...don't even ice it, just write ll over it, and when it gets full, spread it all over and do it once more, just for the practice. It might turn out very colorful but share it with some friends, who doesn't love free cake? Also my cousin sometimes takes a toothpick (after the cake has been iced" and will poke little holes kind of outlining where she wants her words to she can make sure it will be centered and such.
Good luck!
2007-08-13 06:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by Aj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
practice is the best thing you could do. use a peice of wax paper (it sticks to the counter better). if you have a tiled counter just try to line it up with the cracks in the counter (pencil works too) and remember to lift when you've finished a letter if you drag your icing it will make it all messy and ugly. also this just worked for me when i was first learning. try writing each letter with the easiest part first. so if you are ok with the swirls try doing the swirl or the loop on the g's, y's, q's you know and then go back and do the sticks at the end. I was better at the sticks so i'd do straight part of the y first and then go back and take my time with swirl. just make sure you're taking one letter at a time. you'll get better. and if youre getting the store brand icing i cant help you with that they just suck in general
2007-08-13 06:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by shaggymaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice practice practice! I got a book on cake decorating from the library and I practiced with crisco - whip it up a bit and you can use it over and over. Just remember not to like your fingers! Yuck!
Even though this is not useful for writing on cakes, one tip I use all the time is to chill a baking sheet in the freezer then cover with a silpat or wax paper. Pipe your flowers or decorations onto the sheet and freeze them solid. Them you can put them on and move them around easily. The other good thing about this technique is that if you are transporting the cake you can put the decorations on at the last minute and since they are solid they will be less likely to get smooshed. by the time you are ready to eat the cake they will be thawed.
2007-08-13 06:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by rockabettygal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Practice, practice, practice! One way to do that is to use an empty cereal box, frost the top so it looks like a cake and just practice writing on it so you get used to how it feels. Doing this on numerous boxes can also help you design your own style of cakes. It's fun and great practice. You can also cheat by using writing lines and tie them into your design somehow, then you use the lines to keep your writing straight...even if you make a line with the same color of frosting as the base color. Then you can see the line you made for yourself but no one else will be able to see it.
2007-08-13 06:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by jhg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Practice and more practice. You can do it on foil or a plate to practice. You can also lay a piece of dental floss across the cake so you have a base line. Just place it gently as to not make an impression in the cake. It will also help you don't think about it too much cause that can make you shaky. (I like to see that homemade look on a cake, shows you took time and cared)
2007-08-13 06:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by rob lou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF your using tips then you need to use a small fine point tip. If your using tubes (like the gels) warm them up in your hand first so it's a little more pliable. When trying to due cursive writing to the basic letter then add the connecting loops. You can also use a toothpick to draw a faint line top and bottom so, you can keep between the lines and straight. Providing you go to the top of your line and the bottom, your little line won't show threw. I hope this helps.
2007-08-13 06:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by be happier own a pitbull 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
practice on a paper towel, if ur still no thaving any luck, go to like a micheals or jo-ann fabrics (art store) and ask for a book on cake decorating, there are some nice ones that take you through writing and other things step by step, that even i could do it (and i am not very good at that type of thing either) good luck!
2007-08-13 06:46:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always write my words with a toothpick in the base icing first and then just trace over it with my tube of icing. That way, I can make sure it is straight and looks right, or i just smooth it over and try again. Good luck!
2007-08-13 06:35:46 · answer #9 · answered by susann 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Practice On Paper and use the icing to write (make sure you have enough or else you have to use Pencil or Pen)
2007-08-13 06:52:25 · answer #10 · answered by arianaanaira 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋