How Do You Decorate Wedding Cakes With Ribbon?
Wrapping cake tiers with ribbon is an easy way to add color and elegance to your wedding cake without dramatically increasing the cake’s cost. Your ribbon can be color-coordinated to match the flowers, table settings, or bridesmaid’s dresses, tying your cake into the rest of the ceremony. A single ribbon can be wrapped around the base of the cake, or you can wrap several layers of ribbon around each tier for a striped look. It’s important to back your ribbon with tape or wax paper to make sure the ribbon does not get greasy when it touches the cake’s frosting. Buy more ribbon than you think you will need, so you have extra materials in case of mistakes. Measure the distance around each tier of the cake with measuring tape, and add all the measurements together to find out how much ribbon you will need. Increase that measurement by 25 to 30 percent to figure out how much ribbon you should buy. Look for low-cost ribbon at your local fabric or craft store. Iron the ribbon to remove any wr
