I was asked by Cake Masters magazine to submit a cake for their Ombré Cakes Collection in their latest May Issue. I was assigned the colour BLUE and was immediately inspired!
Right away, I knew what I wanted to do. I had been playing around one day, and came up with a new and unique way of doing simple ruffles. Once I saw “ombré” in the email, I KNEW I had to use this technique for the effect.
It is super simple so I hadn’t planned on doing a tutorial but luckily I had taken some pics anyway, for reference (hence the sub-par quality!) I’ve now decided to post a quick mini-tutorial after all, because I had that cake on display at The Toronto Bakery Showcase just this past week, and I got TONNES of questions about how I created those ruffles. So I’m guessing it’s not as simple as it may seem, for some.
I used 8 gradients in the ombré, and with the same batch of fondant which was first coloured the deepest shade, I just kept adding in an equal amount of white each time after I was done with the shade I was working with.
See below for additional closeup photos of this cake…
But first, here are the basic step-by-step pics of how to make my V-Petal Ruffles – ENJOY!! If you use these ruffles, please feel free to quote this tutorial and I’d love for you to share your creations to my Facebook page so I can see what you’ve done with them!
(Updated May 27-2020 – Note: these are my own techniques developed independently with my own ideas and shared for personal use ONLY. They are not to be used for monetary gain or to develop products, books, DVDs, downloads or lessons for sale or to be taught in classes or tutorials, whether hands-on, on-line, in video format or in print without express written consent.)
(Note: these are my own techniques developed independently with my own ideas and shared for personal use ONLY. They are not to be used for monetary gain or to develop products, books, DVDs, downloads or lessons for sale or to be taught in classes or tutorials, whether hands-on, on-line, in video format or in print without express written consent.)
Now for some closeups of my Blue Ombré V-Petal Ruffle cake!
Happy Caking Y’ALL!! =D
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