{"id":2138,"date":"2011-12-13T04:32:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T04:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2011-12-14T04:26:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T04:26:07","slug":"cricut-cake-cutting-fondant-and-gum-paste-basics-for-cake-decorating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"Cricut Cake — Cutting Fondant and Gum Paste Basics for Cake Decorating"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’m going to be honest with you right now and tell you that if there is an easy way, or a short cut, or a lazy way to do something, I will find it. \u00a0 Just ask Paul about my housekeeping “abilities”.<\/p>\n

Sweep? Isn’t that what a vacuum is for<\/em>? \u00a0Dishes? \u00a0Dishwasher!<\/em> Bleach?\u00a0 I don’t want to wreck my clothes!<\/em><\/p>\n

When we first bought the Cricut Cake, I thought, “Awesome! \u00a0No more hard work!”<\/em> Boy, was I ever wrong.<\/p>\n

Paul and I have filmed a tutorial on how to use a Cricut Cake, but before you go off an watch it, I have a little bit of stuff to tell you . . . let the honesty continue!<\/p>\n

Background Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cricut Cake\u2122 Personal Electronic Cutter is specifically designed for decorating cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and confections in no time at all. Just choose a shape, a size, and press “cut”. Decorating like a professional has never been faster or easier<\/em>.\u00a0(source<\/a>) \u00a0The idea of the Cricut Cake is brilliant. \u00a0How awesome would it be to have a machine that would cut out whatever shape you wanted, in a matter of seconds? \u00a0Cake decorators everywhere would be lining up to buy them by the truckload!<\/p>\n

The Cricut Cake is different from the Cricut that scrapbookers use with paper, as all of the parts of the machine that come in contact with food are made from food safe plastic or stainless steel. Cricut also added silicone covers to protect the machine and to make clean up easier. \u00a0Also, according to the Cricut website, the machine was specially designed for cutting food materials.<\/p>\n

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Our Experience <\/strong>:<\/p>\n

If only it was THAT easy!\u00a0 First off, during the filming of our video, we had to stop at least half a dozen times to re-roll the fondant\/gum paste because the cutter miscut, or started to snag!\u00a0 If we had decided to put together a blooper reel for this video, there would have been a LOT of *@# happening.\u00a0 I was NOT having a good time.<\/p>\n

The Cricut cake is finicky.\u00a0 You must have your fondant\/gum paste rolled out totally evenly, and it must be at the correct temperature.\u00a0 And what IS that temperature you may ask??\u00a0 I have no idea, and neither does the fondant!\u00a0 You’ll only know when the Cricut fails to cut it cleanly, catches, and rips apart the smooth, flat piece that took so long to roll out for the 2938 time into 1882 pieces,\u00a0 that it’s at the wrong temperature!\u00a0 Usually though, the colder the better.\u00a0\u00a0 Seriously, usually we pop the flatted piece of fondant, already rolled on the mat into the freezer for about 5 minutes immediately before cutting.\u00a0 It usually does the trick.\u00a0 Usually.<\/p>\n

Once you have the cutter actually making the shapes and designs that you have asked it to, it is the BEST machine ever!\u00a0 The stuff that it cuts out is so cool, and so different from the standard, run of the mill cookie cutter shapes that you can make by hand.\u00a0 There are tons of different fonts available, and many, many different cartridges (theme disks).\u00a0 The cartridges are the same ones that you use with the regular Cricut.<\/p>\n

Overall:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Definitely will test your patience.<\/p>\n

Designs and creations are worth the pain.<\/p>\n

Patience is required.<\/p>\n

Patience. Is. Required.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the video!<\/p>\n