Step by step homemade baking recipes
Having read parts 1 and 2 on edible printing, you’re now ready to put a cake together!
In the first video, I showed you how to set up your printer and what you need as far as ink, and frosting sheets. In the second video, I showed you how to layout a design using Icing Image’s iidesign program (which is an online software subscription you can buy). And in the third video, I show you how to incorporate the previous two videos together to create a butterfly cake using edible frosting sheets.
Adding an Edible Printer to our bakery has been one of our greatest investments. It is truly amazing what you can add to your cakes and cupcakes by printing out an edible image.
We did a video a couple of years ago (a year…I don’t remember!) on edible printing basics, and since we have recieved steady questions and comments on that video, we thought it would be a great video to make with a more in-depth focus.
We have turned the new video idea into a series, and I will have two subsequent posts up on the idea. In the first video, I show you how to set up your printer and what you need as far as ink, and frosting sheets. In the second video, I show you how to layout a design using Icing Image‘s iidesign program (which is an online software subscription you can buy). And in the third video, I show you how to incorporate the previous two videos together to create a butterfly cake using edible frosting sheets.
This video is for anyone who is interested in purchasing an edible ink printer! In it, I review the icing sheets, the printer and the ink that we use on a regular basis to create some amazing cakes. Watch and enjoy 🙂
Here are some of the recent edible images that we have done with the printer.
Working with an edible printer is a little bit more difficult than working with a regular ink printer. The type of liquid that runs through the print head, makes the print head prone to clogging. My advice to you is to make sure that you run the ink through the printer at least once a week, and this will help with clogging.
If you are so unlucky and have the print head clog on you, there are a couple of things that you can do to get that (*#(@ head cleaned out. One is to take all of the ink catridges out (carefully) of the print head and let the print head soak on a wet piece of paper towel. If this doesn’t work, then what we do is use a steamer (like one that you use for steam cleaning) to blow out the clogged heads. If you don’t have a steamer, you can try it the old fashioned way, and use the steam from a kettle. This tends to loosen up the liquid that is clogged, just enough for you to get it out.
One more detail that you need to be aware of when working with edible images and edible sheets . . . which we didn’t know until summer hit . . . is that they are VERY prone to bubbling/wrinkling in humidity! If your fridge is high in humidity, your cake will not come back out as smooth as it was when you put it in. I discovered, after many failed attempts, that using parchment paper, and the warmth of your hand helps smooth out an image that has wrinkled. I lay the parchment paper down on the image, and rub with the flat palm of my hand until it is smooth.
Overall, despite the clogging, the edible ink printer that we have is a great tool. Like many tools, it takes maintenance, and work to keep it running as it should. The paper and ink has been relatively easy to find, and we purchased ours from Icing Images. We have had a positive experience with this company . . . someone even emailed me back when I had a question!
