Molded Lace

1. Prepare fondant-style icing to a smooth, loose consistency.

2. Pour the icing into a silicone-based lace mold. These molds are available at most craft and bakery stores. Place in the refrigerator and allow to chill for 12 hours or over night.

3. Place the icing mold face down on a silicone mat. The piece of lace icing will then be on the mat.

4. Transfer the lace onto the top of an iced cake by turning the mat upside down onto the cake.

Cornelli Lace

1. Frost the cake and chill to harden the icing.

2. Fill a pastry bag with butter cream icing made to a thin consistency. Use a small pastry tip on the bag.

3. Hold the bag at a 90-degree angle and select a starting point for the lace.

4. Move the bag in an "S" and then an "R" shape on the cake. Do not let the lines touch. Move in an up-and-down motion or side-to-side depending on the desired flow of the lace.

Powdered Sugar Lace

1. Frost a cake and chill to harden the icing.

2. Lay a silicone-based lace-shaped doily over the top of the cake.

3. Fill a baking sifter with powdered sugar and sift over the doily on the cake. Be sure the entire doily is covered.

4. Lift the doily straight up off the cake, leaving the lace shape on the cake. Pick up the doily from opposite sides and carefully pick up to not disturb the powdered sugar on the cake.