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Fondant for me….I learnt Cake decorating 15 years ago in India and we mostly learned Royal Icing and Butter Icing (as we called it) piping and when I came to New Zealand I saw all these fondant masterpieces from all over the world!!! People want their lives represented in cake these days so that’s the way to go I guess! I enjoy using cutters and molds to enhance my work. Here is a pic of my work THEN and NOW!
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How gorgeous is your Jimmy Cho cake??? I would never in a million years have the courage to post my first cake lol.. I can see a huge difference.. even though I do like your Micky Mouse cake, so cute :) I too love to work with fondant, so much more you can achieve and it certainly does give the cake that WOW factor… But just sometimes I do get rather excited when I can use Royal Icing.. :) xxxx

I’ve not yet had a go with royal icing, its on my list of thing to learn.
If I’m honest piping bags scare me a little :-) both royal icing and buttercream.
Love love love playing with fondant!!

One day I’ll experiment with the others x

Hi Sharon, I’m new to the world of cake decorating so it was all fondant and cutters and tools !! But recently I done a course in royal icing and I loved it, the run outs, the pressure piping the extension work !!
It’s definitely a lot harder the hand cramps and amount of contraction you need. But you do get lost in another world while piping ( well I do ).
I am a absolute learner in the world of royal icing, and I love it when I get a chance to practice (which is not very often). I got Eddie Spence ’s book and am just amazed by it.
Well done on decorator of the week your cakes are fab x

I am definitely a fondant follower. I love modelling with it and certainly love the fact that a mould can enable you to recreate things in fondant perfectly which really enhance the design of a cake. Royal icing is a bit scary and I often find myself scraping anything I have piped onto the cake off my lines are wonky. I also love sculpted cakes and love the fact that really so much is possible rather than impossible. :)

I tooo still have the wonky lines lol and piping does make your hand and wrist ache so much! I don’t think I will ever go back to completely covering a cake with royal icing.. its fondant all the way for covering.. As for sculpting cakes? well lets just say .. I have a long way to go with that.. my cars always turn out like postman pat vans and I once attempted a cushion cake!! well that turned out to look like a footstool, total disaster… however I won’t give up lol
Sarah I am a follower of yours on Face Book and your work is incredible… so you may just be my port of call for advice when I next attempt a sculpture cake!!
Andie… I too get lost in my own little world when piping.. :) xxxx

Each to its own, but I do love working in royal icing when given the opportunity