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Re: how was this done?

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Posted by jennifersc on July 12, 2009 at 10:34:56:

In Reply to: Re: how was this done? posted by Jeff on July 10, 2009 at 21:55:00:

I think it is fondant. If you look to the left of the picture, it really does look like fondant. The whole thing is on a cake board.

You wouldn't have to roll out a large circle- you just roll out 8 or 10" wide strips, then pleat them in sections. Ugh, I don't know how to explain this! They would have to be really long, though, and I don't know how on earth you would transport it. Maybe with someone in the back keeping a hand on it! I vote to use real fabric: there isn't much difference in the look, but a world of difference in the amount of work!

It is beautiful whatever it is!

: www.amazingcakesbyjoanne.com Please check out this website. There is a cake on there with a large, light blue jewel in the center of a fondant bow. The cake looks like a bride's dress with all pleating. At first I thought that the pleating was a table cloth but if you look closely, it is only to the cake table. I cannot figure out if that part of the dress is done from fondant or with real cloth. The pleats are so perfect even under the actual 3 tiers of cake, that it might actually BE cloth. I could have made great money on this cake but I turned it down. She wanted that pleating done in fondant and I just don't know....It seems like it would tear trying to do that pleating with it. Plus, you would have to roll out an awfully large circle of fondant to get that much of a flair to the dress, no? Just wondering if you think this train was made from fondant. Diane D

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: I think it is fondant. If you look to the left of the picture, it really does look like fondant. The whole thing is on a cake board.

You wouldn't have to roll out a large circle- you just roll out 8 or 10" wide strips, then pleat them in sections. Ugh, I don't know how to explain this! They would have to be really long, though, and I don't know how on earth you would transport it. Maybe with someone in the back keeping a hand on it! I vote to use real fabric: there isn't much difference in the look, but a world of difference in the amount of work!

It is beautiful whatever it is!

: www.amazingcakesbyjoanne.com Please check out this website. There is a cake on there with a large, light blue jewel in the center of a fondant bow. The cake looks like a bride's dress with all pleating. At first I thought that the pleating was a table cloth but if you look closely, it is only to the cake table. I cannot figure out if that part of the dress is done from fondant or with real cloth. The pleats are so perfect even under the actual 3 tiers of cake, that it might actually BE cloth. I could have made great money on this cake but I turned it down. She wanted that pleating done in fondant and I just don't know....It seems like it would tear trying to do that pleating with it. Plus, you would have to roll out an awfully large circle of fondant to get that much of a flair to the dress, no? Just wondering if you think this train was made from fondant. Diane D

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