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I like the look of brush embroidery. You don't see it used very often nowadays but it makes a nice change from plain old royal icing and I think it would look nice on the side of a cake. I took a few photos at class where we practiced on some blue sugarpaste plaques and I thought it might be of interest for you to see how I did it:
1. Make a small amount of royal icing and a small piping bag from baking paper. Insert a decorating nozzle, I use a tip no. 1 to pipe my image but you could use any size that you're comfortable with. Fill the bag with a small amount of icing (you only need a few tablespoons worth) and get a good paintbrush ready with a small amount of water in a bowl nearby.
2. Trace the image you want to use onto tracing paper and lay it over the surface you want to decorate like a cake or icing plaque. If doing this on a cake, you could secure the paper with a blob of royal icing.
3. Re-trace your image with a sharp object, like a pin tool, so it leaves an impression on your surface.You could also use a pin to make pin marks and follow those instead.
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4. Pipe a small line of icing and using a fine paintbrush dipped in water, be careful not to overwet the brush as you only want it damp. Using broad downward strokes, pull the icing down from the line in a continous stroke towards the centre of your image. Continue to do this all of the way along your line and work quickly as the royal icing sets fast.
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5. Follow your image doing a small section at a time. The image should start to look transparent with a thick white line around it.
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6. The final image will dry quickly and can be created with any colour royal icing. Some people use buttercream to do this effect but I haven't tried it yet. I think this will look great on romantic/wedding cakes. I'd love to try it on a cupcake one day!
Hope you find this useful, and let me know you get on with it!
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