Whew- it’s been a busy week! Not a busy cake week so much as a busy everything else week. The last week of school is always hectic, but in a good way—and with the last day of school behind us, my girls are ready for summer! Woo hoo! This calls for a celebration–let’s catch some lightning bugs and eat watermelon! :0) —I was almost so excited about the end of the school year that I forgot that Father’s Day is NEXT WEEK!!
I decided to make a blog tutorial today on a Father’s Day cake that would be simple, while showing off a new product all at the same time. Have you ever used frosting sheets…or sugar sheets? Today, I used Wilton’s new sugar sheets to decorate our (early) Father’s Day cake.
I bought a red sugar sheet, a blue, and a swirly red and white. They are sealed to keep them nice and flexible, and when you remove them, you’ll notice that they are backed with clear plastic.
I drew & cut out a “D” and an “A” so that I could use them as templates to cut out the word DAD from my sugar sheets. I used an x-acto knife, although the sheets are so flexible that scissors work fine too. I probably should have printed off my letters in a cute font to use for templates rather than drawing my own “D” and “A” templates :0)
I also cut out 16 strips to stripe my cake with. I measured my 8″ (buttercream-frosted) cake first to find that it was 3 ½″ tall. So, my strips are 3 ½″ tall also….and ¾″ wide. After cutting the strips, I began placing on the cake one by one. ***Don’t forget to remove the thin plastic backing!
After peeling off the backing, you’ll want to brush them with your glue of choice–this could be water, piping gel, or even a bit of frosting. I used piping gel.
I tried to space my stripes as evenly as I could. To do this, I used the clear backing leftover from one of my strips and used that to space my stripes. As I approached the back, I had to slightly widen my spacing to make the stripes work out just right. If I were better at math, or more patient with measuring, I would have figured this out in advance… :0) 
Next, I glued on my letters with more piping gel, and added a ball border with my tip 12. What a huge difference a border makes!
Next, I cut a “blue ribbon” from my sugar sheet for our #1 dad :0) I cut it out as one piece, and then fringed the edge by cutting little snippets all the way around.
I added a few white dots of buttercream here and there with my tip 4. I’m not used to such flat decorations & so I tried to do some extra piping.
All in all, I like the sugar sheets. They are easy, kid-friendly, they don’t stretch like fondant decorations do. The drawback…..hmmmmm…. only that you totally feel like you are gluing construction paper to your cake! I can look past that though–it’s fun to change things up a little now and then :0)
I think that the cake turned out cute!– you can use sugar sheets on fondant covered cakes, on cookies, and fondant decorations too. Here it is!
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you always make it look so easy breezy!! very nice!
Another excellent work!!
I love this idea. You make things that are so easy look amazing! Wish I could do that.
Very nice! Do you get these sheets at craft stores like Michaels/ACMoore?
I used the new sugar sheets while at Wilton Headquarters a couple days ago! They are realy cool! The cake is awesome!
~Liz
these look amazing. i am so excited for this, i have seen it in stores but did not know how easy it was to use
Thanks everybody! Serene–yes, I picked mine up from Michael’s …I would think that AC Moore carries them too but I haven’t been there lately to check it out.
Liz– That’s awesome that you went to Wilton Headquarters! Did they show you any other tricks to do with the sugar sheets?
Trooppetrie, yes! They could not be any easier to use. What you don’t use, you can just reseal and use another time.
I used the sugar sheets with my cricut a couple of weeks ago to make a cake for my nephew who was turning 8 – it was a hit at the party and super easy to make. You can see the cake by going to my blog http://tee-myspot.blogspot.com/2011/05/pokemon-made-with-wilton-sugar-sheets.html
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Great! Thanks Melissa!
So precious! I saw these sheets at Hobby Lobby! I am running out to buy some right now!
Super cute!! Do you think they would cut OK with letter stencils?
Melissa, this is such a cute cake. Thanks for sharing yet another fabulous cake!!
Thanks!! —
“Buglet”- :0) -The sheets are very much like paper, so cutting around stencils and templates with an xacto knife works great. It’s fleixble but not so soft that you can use cookie cutters. Hope this helps!
I love these sugar sheets! They are easier to use than Cricut Frosting sheets. Worked like a charm in my Cricut Mini. Also, my absolute favorite thing to do is stamp Sugar Sheets for cookies. Love this cake idea!
These are so cute! Can anyone tell me how they taste, though?
Have you seen people eat these off the cake or do they put them aside?
Can a cake covered with sugar sheets be ok stored wrapped in
cellophane and boxed for up to 4 days?
Wilton.com says not to refrigerate a cake covered with sugar sheets.
Thanks.
Hi Margie–I do not work with sugar sheets very often. My memory for this cake is that I did not have any issues with it. However, I didn’t have mine boxed for 4 days…it was probably more like 1 or 2. If you have time to test it, I would test a small bit of a sugar sheet on a smear of icing and see how it goes.
I would simply keep it in a bakery box that can breathe–nothing airtight, as generally that can cause issues.
I am making a buttercream cake. Will the sugar sheets stick to buttercream? or should I use the piping gel as well?
Hi Charlene, yes, Melissa put the sugar sheets on a buttercream cake in the above tutorial. She used piping gel, you could also use water or a bit of buttercream.
Is it okay to put the cut out letters onto canned frosting? or will they be absorbed into the frosting?
Hi Sonya– I haven’t tried, but I would think that it would work fine with canned frosting. If you already have your sugar sheets, you could cut off a small piece and place on a plate that has a little frosting spread onto it as a test.
Has anyone ever tried to pipe buttercream onto a sugar sheet? I’m planning to use a damask sugar sheet on the sides of a round cake, and I’m wondering if I can pipe a buttercream ruffle drape on top of the sugar sheet. Would it stick?
Hi Jenn–I have never tried–but my guess would be that it would work!
Hi,
I’ve ordered a cake with whipped cream frosting and thinking of adding Elmo’s face on it by myself. Will Wilton’s sugar sheet work with whipped cream?
Hi Mag, if it is a whipped buttercream frosting you will be ok. I have never tried it with straight whipped cream but think that could cause problems.
Hi! I am making a cake tomorrow that will be served the next day. I have stenciled out my letters for the cake but I’m curious if I can cut them from the sugar sheet and just reseal them in the package for 2 days until my cake is ready? Any advice would be great since the letters will be time consuming I don’t want to rush myself :)
Hi Lauren–I don’t work with sugar sheets often but I really think that this should work for you. If the letters are sealed right back up into the package and not exposed to the air, they should remain pliable. Good luck!
I’m from Nigeria and anytime I try using the sugar sheets my sister sent me from Canada it breaks. I’ve condemned several packets though I don’t have the puncher been using scissors I really would love ur help. It’s not working for me st all.
Hi May, I am sorry for the delay but it is Thanksgiving Day here in the US, a national holiday. Click on this link from Wilton, http://www.wilton.com/blog/index.php/help-i-left-out-my-sugar-sheets/
It will give you suggestions on how to deal with sugar sheets that are brittle and break. I hope it will help with your problem.
Hi, I will be making a cake for my nephews birthday next week and was highly considering using sugar sheets vs fondant. I am needing to make a NASCAR symbol so I was wondering if I could lay a piece of red slightly lined a bit over top of yellow? And also can you make like an overplayed design of more than one color and it work fine?
I was wondering about possibly making small simple shape cutouts from gold sheets on a chocolate covered cookie ball for holiday cookie exchange coming soon. I will have to make 14 dozen. I do not have special cutting machine. Was thinking good scissors or razor blade and something as simple as a basic star design. Trying to be efficient, thought the gold paper might add festive bling, but not be as common as sprinkling colored sugar. Any suggestions or concerns from previous users of the gold sheets? Thanks, happy holidaze!!
Hi! Using Wilton sugar sheets and was wondering if you find that the
Image printed on them lose their color after being in the fridge overnight on the cake or cupcake
Hi Anika, I haven’t had any issues with color, etc. after chilling.