How do you make a waterfall cake?

How do you make a waterfall cake?

Create the waterfall: Ice a portion of the top cake with white buttercream, piping down the side, along the bottom of the cake, and down to the base. Smooth the buttercream with a cake icing spatula. Top with blue piping gel and smooth it over with the spatula.

How do you make fondant look like water?

The second method is using a mixture of 50% light corn syrup and 50% alcohol (150 proof or higher). To apply this high gloss glaze, paint on fondant with a good quality soft paintbrush. This glaze offers instant glossy shine and would be perfect for making fondant look like glass, water, or ice.

Can I use vegetable oil instead of shortening for fondant?

Because the oil itself is flavorless, the other ingredients will flavor the fondant. The two most widely published fondant recipes recommend using hydrogenated vegetable oil. Because this shortening melts at a temperature higher than that of the body, the fondant may leave an oily sensation in the mouth.

What do you put on fondant to make it shiny?

Method 1: Eggs whites are a great way to shine up your fondant, and they usually dry within 2 hours if you need a quick shiny fix. Method 2: Add 1 part vodka, and 1 part corn syrup. You will need a brush to paint this mixture onto your fondant with a very thin layer, so it has a better chance of drying well.

How do you frost a cake to make it look like water?

One way is to ice your cake smooth with white icing. Wherever your water is going to be, add a little bit more icing on top and make small random wavy motions in the icing using an angled spatula. Cover with tinted piping, spreading lightly with a spatula. If needed, re-create waves using a wavy motion with a spatula.

How do you make sand colored buttercream?

Luckily, you can mix your own tan food coloring shade and use this to color your icing exactly as you want it. Mix some brown food coloring by combining all three primary colors–red, blue and yellow–since this creates a mixture of two colors opposite one another on the color wheel (this is how brown is made).