Question: I'm making 150 cookies for gifts and will be frosting in royal icing then edible picture

[cheezz]

I've never done the edible picture overlay. Any tips/tricks to it? I believe you use corn syrup thinned with a little vodka to paint the back of the transfer so it sticks to the cookie??

 

[cheezz]

Also...I plan to order the edible transfers from InkEdibles. Any other good sources?

I've checked local grocery stores and cake shop but they are way too expensive.

 

[deb-in-mi]

I've never done it either..... Good luck!! What a lovely gift!

 

[marilynfl]

Cheezz's Indian Name: Crazy Brave Woman With Piping Bag.

I only attempted an edible transfer once and that was 15 years ago. Here's why: I wanted a list of library volunteer names that could be placed on a "large open book" that I had baked and decorated. It cost $10 for an 8x10" rice wafer and was very very thin and I very very much messed up laying it on the cake. Then I tried again and messed that one up too. Then I got out my piping bag and wrote the 40 names myself, successfully wasting $20 and ending up doing the work myself anyway, along with inventing a whole new slew of swear words.

But...from what I've just watched the newer images are MUCH thicker and so I won't tell you to get the booze out just yet.

This link shows attaching the image while the flooded Royal icing is still soft.

 

[cheezz]

Thats better than my sister's name: Runs With Scissors smileys/smile.gif

 

[cheezz]

I watched the video - transfer was a whole lot thicker than expected!

I'm getting 30 images to a page and will cut them apart myself. I just *assumed* it would be easier to put them on dry cookies, as most videos I've seen. I'll try the wet technique also. Thanks!

 

[marilynfl]

Maybe you should order a single page and test it out, rather than 150 from the get-go?

 

[cheezz]

Ah, too late...I went all in and ordered this morning...wish me luck!

 

[deb-in-mi]

I would think that a Very thin application of corn syrup (or whatever is recommended)

would be easier than flooding consistency royal icing (but I have no experience with the product). And you may need it to be a 'clear' glue. Can you call the company you ordered from and ask their advice?

 

[marilynfl]

Cheezz's New Indian Name: Crazy Brave Woman with Piping Bag & Credit Card

 

[colleenmomof2]

Thinking your cookie base will need to be flavorful to offset thick transfer

I haven't tried this so I'm interested in how it works for you! Colleen