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How to use stencils to perfecly decorate a fondant cake with royal icing

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This technique, using stencils, is super simple and it’s the perfect way to get detailed even royal icing designs onto a fondant cake. I’ve used stencils and royal icing on this sequin wedding cake, this silver leaf wedding cake, this black and white wedding cake and even on Anna (her bodice and skirt)!

a full video tutorial on how to use a stencil to get perfect and repetitive royal icing decorations onto a fondant cake

I do a mix of making my own stencils and using premade ones. I recently did this Graffiti cake using a homemade stencil and I talk about making it. If you’d like a video tutorial on making your own stencils let me know!!! It’s super easy and the possibilities of what you can create are endless (and it isn’t very expensive: just Stencil Plastic, a Cutter (aka wood burner), a Glass cutting board and printer (to print your design)!!

this video has a ton of tips, including how I use a Self adhesive Ace Bandage to hold the stencil in place while I work! Don’t forget, don’t overlay the stencil on top of wet royal icing, it’s worth taking the time to wait until it’s dry to move on. To save time I mark out the stencil placement before hand then I do two opposite sides at once, then fill in the other 2 sides once that’s dry. You could also just do one side at a time, letting it dry and working your way around, but I like to save time where I can.

stenciled wedding cake

Royal Icing Recipe

how to use a stencil and royal icing frosting to create some stunning details on a cake - video tutorial
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Prep Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 12 minutes
Servings: 3 Cups royal icing
Calories: 603kcal
Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

  • 1 lbs powdered sugar
  • 3 Tbsp Meringue Powder
  • 5 Tbsp + warm water
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • in a METAL or glass bowl (not plastic) stir the Powdered sugar and the meringue powder together
  • add 5 Tbsp warm water and mix until it's mostly all wet
  • Using a mixer beat for 10 mins on low speed (less with a heavy duty mixer, slightly more with a hand mixer)
  • add 1/2 to 1 tsp of water at a time until the consistency is right.

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Notes

I keep my stencil on hand and once I THINK the icing is thin enough I start testing it. For designs with larger openings it will be slightly thicker than small and detailed stencils.

Nutrition

Calories: 603kcal | Carbohydrates: 151g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 55mg | Potassium: 45mg | Sugar: 148g | Iron: 0.1mg
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lovely beaded swag work in royal icing on a fondant cake using stencils - a video tutorial

I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial. You can do any color of royal icing and any stencil to decorate you cake. You could even mix using air brush with a stencil and royal icing with a stencil to get a flat and embossed look to your design. What would YOU use this tutorial to make?

decorating a fondant cake with smooth and beautiful royal icing is lovely, make it even easy to get even, repetitive designs using stencils - a full video tutorial with tips

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  1. Joy

    September 12, 2015 at 7:07 am

    Sadly the video wouldn’t play. How to stencil with royal icing.

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    • Ashlee

      September 12, 2015 at 9:28 am

      are you on mobile??? or desktop. It should work perfectly with desktop, mobile is always a hit and miss, try clicking into the “youtube” logo in the bottomr right corner and going to youtube to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_AdS_2iY4 I’m so sorry about that!

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  2. Anne motha

    September 12, 2015 at 10:04 am

    Hi Ashley,
    Can you do a step by step tutorial on how to make your own stencils.
    Thanks

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    • Ashlee

      November 15, 2015 at 3:41 am

      yup! I’ll work on it

      Reply
  3. Linda Burkhart

    September 12, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    5 stars
    Really enjoyed your tutorial, especially all the little hints and tricks for making a perfect design.

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      November 15, 2015 at 3:41 am

      thank you so much!

      Reply
  4. anne

    September 14, 2015 at 11:07 am

    where do i go to print the swag design you used for the cake.
    thanks
    Anne

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    • Ashlee

      November 15, 2015 at 5:19 pm

      I didn’t think to add it here, I’ll see if I still have it to do that

      Reply
  5. Bolajoko Jones

    October 12, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Well-done ma, am really inspired by this tutorial, thanks for sharing.

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    • Ashlee

      October 28, 2017 at 11:02 pm

      let me know how it goes when you try it!

      Reply
  6. Kristi

    May 25, 2018 at 5:30 pm

    Hi. I have a question about the royal icing. Once it’s dry, will it crack easily? I have to deliver a cake several hours from home so I won’t be able to stack the cakes until I get there. Just wondering about the risk of cracking the royal icing while moving the cakes around and stacking them.

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    • Ashlee Marie

      January 6, 2020 at 2:27 pm

      it depends on how much royal icing is on the fondant and how much the cake underneath moves and settles. For little dots like this they won’t crack at all, larger designs that have more royal icing coverage could crack if the cake underneath adjusts too much but that would be unusual.

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  7. Rebecca Xuereb

    August 23, 2019 at 9:28 pm

    Hi I love your cakes thanks so much for showing this technique. I am doing a cake very similar I was wondering if you had a tutorial on how you made stencil. Mine is going on 9inch and 7 inch. I really want them to line up like yours did on top and bottom. Would you happen to have the stencil template that could be printed out and adjusted.

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    • Ashlee Marie

      January 6, 2020 at 2:32 pm

      I just use a wood burning tool to melt/cut the plastic. As for designing the stencil I just do it in photoshop and use math to figure out the diameter of the cake then divide by how many curves I want to determine how wide they should be.

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