1. Stacked line work
Ceri builds up the design at the top of the cake with stacked pipe work. It’s exactly as it sounds. You will be adding more and more layers and different shapes on top of the existing piped work to form intricate and detailed patterns. Ceri uses the same shapes and techniques as earlier but just changes the sizes and thickness.
For the full tutorial see Vintage piping techniques
2. Draped line work
Ceri continues with some more stacked line work and next it’s onto something we haven’t yet done – ‘draped line work’. This requires a deep trust in your royal icing as well as gravity. Make sure the marks you place on the cake before doing this are definitely accurate as this could ruin the look of the whole cake as you will be adding thinner drapes underneath the initial piping which will follow the same pattern.
