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 1/2″ tall. So, my strips are 3 1/2″ tall also….and 3/4″ 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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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.