Frosting sheets, Icing sheets, or sugar sheets, have gained huge popularity due to the ease of application and potential. Made by thin layers of white icing sugar pressed onto a plastic or acetate backing, these sheets can be used on cookies, cakes, and more. The sheets can be printed using edible inks with an edible ink printer as easily as you would print on regular paper. This is how you get those amazing photo cakes or printed cakes.
Be It your kid’s birthday or your wedding anniversary - a customized photo-printed cake is always a better idea to make them special. A photo cake made using Icinginks Frosting Sheets can charm your family and guests beyond imagination. Everyone would want to know your secret of making such professional caves at home.
How to Choose the Best Frosting Sheets:
Go with the thin varieties as opposed to the thicker ones of some brands because when colored or printed, they are going to thicken a bit. Thin sheets will also be easier to apply to the cake without the chance of breaking.
Also, go with the white sheets for the best results of printing. You can print your images, patterns, and outer wraps with icing sheets and apply them onto cakes and cookies directly over buttercream, fondant, chocolate, isomalt, or royal icing.
How To Print on the Frosting Sheets?
The first thing you need is a digital version of the image you want to place on the cake. The image you choose will be printed in the same process through the edible printer like any other regular printer. The edible printer is a specialized one using edible ink cartridges and edible icing sheets. The printer prints the cake photo images on the icing paper. The image is then placed on top of the cake. The sheets being made of sugar are easily absorbed by the moist frosting, leaving behind a vibrant image.
- Just select the image to have the print
- Place the Frosting Sheet in the paper tray of your printer
- Give the print command to get started.
- Edible Papers have a plastic sheet on their back so they can quickly roll through the printer like a regular one, avoiding any nuisance.
- After the printing process is completed, you have to remove the plastic sheet from the back of the sheet. Wait till the very last moment for this step. Once the backing is peeled off, the sheet will start hardening.
- The last step is to apply the Frosting Sheet to a layer of Frosting on top of the cake.
Working with Edible Sheets is a straightforward process, and it is similar to working on regular paper. Icinginks Wafer Sheets are also a great way to decorate a cake. Making a Photo Cake using Icinginks Frosting Sheets is also a great idea for business events to showcase your brand in the food section as well.
Read carefully the instructions of what brand of sheets you are using. Some may have special treatment instructions. However, if you are using the Icinginks edible icing/frosting sheets, you don't need to worry about anything at all. They are specially developed for quick and easy peel away experience and don't need any special treatments like heating or freezing.
