DIY Wedding Cake: Elevate Your Cake Decorating with Store Bought Edible Image
Edible Image are prints on edible sugar sheets with edible ink to make cake decorating easier. Commonly used for printed logos for branded handbag cakes, think LV, Channel, Gucci or kids birthday cakes with 2D image toppers. They are useful for elevating wedding cake decorating as the prints are of good quality, therefore improving the finer details.
The picture here is an example of from China. It is a sample image provided on the seller’s website on how the decorated cake can look like . Each piece is A3 paper size. The quality of print and fine details looks sharp on the vase and 4 panels.
Step by Step on Preparing Edible Image for Cake Decorating
Below is a video on how to prepare edible image for cake decorating. I made them standing like a cake topper using gumpaste as a backing, so they are visible from the front instead of looking from top down.
Steps included are:
- Individual cutouts
- Preparing hard backing from Gumpaste
- Using Wafer Paper as a double-sided tape
- Assembling onto cake
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Additional Materials Needed
The advantage of edible image is the finely printed details in 2D form. I have added 3D elements such as wafer paper and gumpaste flowers, bamboos and replacing the Chinese “XI” character cutout from Gumpaste. Be creative and add your own spin to it.
Shelf-Life and Handling of Edible Image
Edible images normally will arrive from printer protectively wrapped between two sheets of paper and sealed air-tight in plastic. Store them in a cool and dry place in its original packaging. Hot weather will melt the sugar sheets and if exposed to humidity makes them sticky. Shelf-life is about 2 months before the colors start to fade.
Surrounding the cake are petit four brownies presented in pink serviettes. Chinese Oriental style of weddings are popular in Malaysia. Another idea for dessert table in the oriental style.
