Summary: Looking for fondant cake decorations? Make them yourself! Learn how to make a fondant cake border in this free video about easy cake decorating ideas.
Karen Weisman graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hotel and Food Management. Since then, she has helped a national grocery store chain develop and launch a gourmet food...read more
"Now I'll show you another option for a border. I have the four colors that I used before. I'm just going to roll it into these long snakes like this, all four colors. Make them about the same, and wind them up altogether. Kind of pile them together like this. And then roll them together, and as you roll them, it'll stretch out. And if you just keep rolling and twisting, you can make a really pretty colorful border to put around the edge of your cake. And that's really easy, and pretty border to make. Okay now we have our banner here, and I wrote with the markers right on the piece of fondant, and this is how you transfer it. Just use a spatula knife and place it on there, and then very carefully slide it on to the cake. Those markers are terrific because you don't need to write with a pastry bag. You can write with a pen. You just have to have a light touch. And there's our "The Gang's All Here" cake."
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