Skill level: Intermediate
If you do a search for macrame on Pinterest, you might see everything from funky curtains to hanging plant holders. Just like most trends, macrame has become popular again but this time, we're seeing it on high-end wedding cakes! So Sugar Geek Show has decoded the macrame puzzle and shows you exactly what to do and what KNOT to do in this fun tutorial.
To go with our Southern style macrame, we've developed a new take on the pretty succulent trend and gone full sugar! Clients will be wondering if these beauties are glass sculpture or edible treats. Lucky for them, they are both!
1:36:48 Minutes of Instruction
What You Will Learn
- Several techniques to get ultra-sharp fondant edges on square cakes
- How to make time-saving macrame molds for short cake deadlines
- How to make different types of succulents and cacti out of isomalt
Tutorial Chapters
- Traditional covering
- Pinching corner technique
- Paneling a square cake
- Useful mold materials and tools
- Mold making with rope
- Mold making with clay
- De-molding
- Stacking tiers
- Fondant fringe
- Weaving fondant
- Bottom tier borders
- Coloring isomalt
- Prickly pear cacti coloring
- Optional gold edges
- Making the heart succulent
- Assembling the heart succulent
- Mixing up the sizes
- Assembling the cake