How To Make Scrunched Ruffles on Cakes
Below, I will be showing you my method of making scrunched ruffles on cakes using fondant. This is an easy but labor intensive method of making ruffles on cakes. The beauty of this technique is that the ruffles can be made small or big depending on the effect you want to achieve on the cake.
TOOLS:
(1) Circle Cutter
(2) Paint Brush
PROCEDURE:
(1) Drape the tier you want to cover with fondant.
(2) Roll out fondant and cut out circles. I used a 1 inch circle cutter here.
(3) Fold the sides of the circles inward to make ruffles. Pinch off the tip from the base of the ruffles. There is no right or wrong way of doing this.
(4) Make as many ruffles as possible and leave them to air dry for about 30 minutes so they are a bit firm.
(5) Brush the body of the cake with water and stick the ruffles on the cake. Stick the ruffles as close to each other as possible. Continue this process until you have covered the entire tier or the portion of the tier you want to cover with the ruffles. Note that you will need a lot of ruffles to accomplish this task.
These ruffles can also be used for several other designs. Below, they were used to decorate fondant stilettos. Click here for a tutorial on how to make fondant stilettos.
In the cake below, the ruffles were used to decorate the heart detail. To do this, cut out the shape of a heart on fondant and stick the ruffles on it.
Happy caking!
Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.
Thanks Terry. This is lovely.
You are welcome.
Thanks for sharing
You are welcome
Lovely tutorial.
Thanks.
Thanks so much Terry.
You are welcome Tee
Thanks Unc Terry!I really appreciate this
You are welcome Sarah.
I have a bride that wants buttercream icing and modeling chocolate scrunched ruffles. Have you ever done this?
No I haven’t Marsha. I guess the challenge will be making sure the chocolate is tempered and set enough to cut circles and scrunch (with gloves to avoid finger prints).
Thanks so much terry, i did the impossible today, i appreciate you boss!
You are welcome Obinna.
Thank you so much for this tutorial.
I tried it, looked lovely but after sometime they started falling off. What did I do wrong please?
Hi. You need to roll them out very thin so they are light. Also, make sure you are using sufficient gluing agent.
Thank you so much. I think they were too thick. Thanks again!
I tried the ruffles again for my daughters first birthday cake… It was perfect! This time I used a smaller circle and rolled out much thinner. Thank you sooooooo much!
Awesome. I am glad to get your feedback.
Tnx terry dis is lucky. God bless u for d tutorial
Thanks Christy.
Thanks for sharing Terry.
You are welcome Abioye.
God bless you for this sir
Thanks Esther.
Thank you for yet another great tutorial, Terry. May God bless you richly.
Thanks.
Hi Terry. Aside from brushing the body of the cake with water, please did you use any other gluing agent to stick the ruffles?
You can use any gluing agent of your choice: fondant glue, royal icing, melted chocolate, vodka, etc.
How tdo u make the block sheets around the cake. Is it sprayed?
Which of the cakes please?
Please is the cake you put the ruffles on a fondant cake or buttercream? I want to try it on a fondant cake, confused whether to air dry it first. Also, should I add more Cmc for the ruffles? Thanks.
Hi. Its fondant. You can add CMC, Its however not necessary.
Hi. how many circles did you use for a 9″ cake? just an estimate? Thank you
I really can’t say.