To make custom photo cakes with beautifully decorated edible images on cake , the baker will scan the photograph and use it as cake topper. Once the photograph is scanned, it is printed onto edible paper, called frosting sheet. These special sheets are made from rice, potatoes or cornstarch. The edible ink used to draw out picture onto the edible paper is made from food coloring and are harmless for ingestion.
A frosting sheet actually adds an additional thin layer of icing to the birthday cake. Though the edible picture doesn’t take away from the look and taste of the photo cake, it is only evident where the icing sheet is affixed. Furthermore, there are some special icing sheets made from cornstarch and rice, however, which are made to melt once they are placed above the cake icing, leaving only the images and photograph behind.
The edible supplies required to make your custom photo cakes can be availed over the Internet or from offline stores. While the kits are designed to be used for printing from your home printer, you should use a new printer or at least a new printhead for edible printing so as not to run a risk of contamination with regular printer ink. Creating edible photo images is similar to printing a regular image, with the exception of using an edible Inkjet Printer and edible printer ink cartridges and edible printer frosting sheets.
Apply frosting to your cupcake, freeze it for 30 seconds and then peel off the edible image from paper backing. Decorate border and your cake is ready. It is that easy!