Sugar Sheets: Become a Cake Designer Overnight
Everyone loves a beautifully decorated birthday cake, but buying a pre-decorated cake or ordering one from the bakery can really break the bank. What if you could save yourself the time and money? Fortunately for you, you can! Using sugar sheets, you can create extraordinary cakes in your own home without any prior decorating experience.
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Sugar sheets utilize edible ink and very thin, flexible sheets made from sugar, and a home printer. In past years, you would need to order the picture from a company who would print it out and send it to you. However, you can now buy the kit to print out pictures yourself without spending thousands of dollars. For the price of a regular ink cartridge, you can order edible ink cartridges that will fit in the printer of your choice. However, not all printers are compatible with edible inks. If this is the case with the printer you own it would be best to invest in a sugar sheets system.
Traditionally sugar sheets were used to put someone’s picture on birthday cakes, but with advances in technology, printers are more precise and can print beautiful pictures of anything. You can print out patterns or even buy patterned sugar sheets from a store, as they are readily available. Sugar sheets can be bought in a variety of colors and sizes, all of which can fit in a standard printer. They are slightly more costly than ordinary paper, but each sheet can make enough decorations for an entire cake in most cases.
Some people worry that they will easily mess up the sheets if they try to cut them. Sugar sheets are as easy to cut as paper. Some people like to buy punches instead of cutting by hand, but you can use a special edible ink pen to mark a shape and use scissors to cut the shape. Alternatively, the entire cake can be covered with printed sugar sheets to create a beautifully patterned cake.
You can find many decorating kits available from companies such as Wilton, like their texture presses and punch sets.
Sugar sheets are great for 3D designs as well. Simply fold the sheets and use gum paste for glue, and you can create a multitude of designs for a unique birthday cake. Pressing the sugar sheets into the frosting on the cake essentially dissolves them into the frosting, so you should use care if you choose to create 3d designs. However, the sugar sheets will keep the picture intact after it dissolves. To be sure your sheets stick to your cake, you should either apply the sheets right after frosting your cake or brush the icing with water.
No matter how you choose to decorate your cake, sugar sheets are sure to help you create beautiful birthday cakes. This method allows minimal effort with maximum results. No wonder sugar sheets have become so popular.
