D O'Reilly wrote:
>
> I'm icing a cake for a family members wedding , can anyone give me the
> best recipe for icing, that i can use to pipe the bride and groom's
> names on the cake.
> Also any tips on how to actually pipe the lettering (as i have never
> done it before)professionally on the cake,your comment's will be
> gratefully recieved.


1. You have taken on a monumental task if you have no
cake decorating experience. Can you find someone else
to do the decorating if you bake the cake? Could you ask
a local baker or even the supermarket cake decorator if
he/she will do the fancy stuff for you for a price?

2. Go to the library, get as many books on cake decorating
as you can find, and practice, practice, practice doing
decorations on sheets of waxed paper.

3. As I think back on all the wedding cakes I have seen,
I have NEVER seen one with writing on it. They usually
have shell designs or garlands made of royal icing and
flowers, either icing or real live flowers, and sometimes
figurines on top, but no names. All the guests will know
who the bride and groom are by name,anyway.

Good luck!

gloria p