check out www.jessicakes.blogspot.com, she has a chevron cake on there and she talks about using a transfer method with wax paper. she prints out or draws out the stripes as a template, places wax paper over it, puts a little crisco on the wax paper, and proceeds to layout her stripes. Then she picks up the whole thing (she says the stripes will stick to the wax paper so no chance they will slide off) and you are able to position it onto the side of your cake and then peel away the wax paper. Sounds genius and her cakes are gorgeous but I have not tried the technique myself.
good luck.
Maria @ http://www.facebook.com/rooneygirlbakeshop or http://www.rooneygirlbakeshop.com
