I already posted the tutorial for the fondant booties (here) and the fondant bow (here). This cake can have so many other looks to make it your own. But here's how I made each element.
TOOLS I USED
- 2 - 6 in pans
- 2 - Pyrex 2-cup Round Dish
(4 in)
- Flower Cut-outs
- Round Cut-outs
- Round Tip: 5
- 22-gauge cloth-covered florist wire
- FMM Straight Frill Cutter Set 1
- Rolling pin
- Smooth working surface or Rolling Mat
- Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother
- Wilton Cutter Embosser
- Cake Plate
- Decorating Brush
Knife
- Ruler
- Pizza Cutter
- Favorite Cake Recipe
- Marshmallow Fondant
- White Rolled Fondant Icing
- Thinned Fondant Adhesive
- Cake Mate Writing Icing
- Gum-Tex
- Brown Icing Color
- Pink Icing Color
- Powdered Sugar
TECHNIQUES I USED
HOW I DID IT
- 4 days in advance: Made Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant. I added 2 tablespoon of cocoa powder to the recipe and added Brown Icing
color.
- 2 days in advance. Made Fondant Booties. I have separate post on how to make the booties.
- 1 day in advance. Made 3 stemmed flowers. Kneaded the White Rolled Fondant Icing and colored it pink using the Pink Icing Color. Rolled out a little bit of the Pink and Chocolate fondant. Cut 2 Brown medium flowers and 1 white medium flower using the Flower Cut-outs
. Also cut 2 pink medium circles, 2 small circles and 1 brown small circle using the Round Cut-outs
. Let flowers and circles dry a little bit on powdered sugar dusted surface. When dry, attach flowers to florist wires
with thinned fondant adhesive. I used Cake Mate Writing Icing
in red to pipe the initials of the celebrant.
- Morning of party: Baked and cooled 2-layer 6 in. cake and 2-layer 4 in. cake. Filled and crumb-coated them.
and covered the 6 in. cake. Kneaded the Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant and rolled it out to cover the 4 in. cake.
Pink Ribbons. Kneaded the White Rolled Fondant Icing and colored it pink using the Pink Icing Color. Rolled it out and used the ruler and pizza cutter to make eight (8) 1-inch ribbons 6 in. cake. I, simply, adjusted the length of the ribbon as I place on the cake as shown.
Brown Border. Rolled the Chocolate MMF into a rope and placed around the cake.
Flowers. Rolled out remaining brown MMF and used the tip of the decorating tip #5 to cut out the 14 brown. Rolled the remaining pink fondant used for the ribbons and cut 13 small flowers. Rolled out White Rolled Fondant Icing. Cut 9 medium and 1 small flower using the Cut-outs
. I brushed a little bit of water to attach the brown dots (14) to the small flowers (13 pink & 1 white). Then used 9 of the assembled pink flowers to attached to the medium white flowers. I placed 8 of the assembled white flowers at the end of each ribbon on the bottom tier covering the brown border. You will have an extra white medium flower, 4 small pink flowers and 1 small white flower remaining. Save for later.White Scalloped Top Border. Rolled out White Rolled Fondant Icing and used #3 of FMM Straight Frill Cutter Set 1 to make the white border for the brown 4 in. cake. Stacked the 4-in cake on top of the white bottom tier. I just used straws instead of dowels to support the top tier.
Pink Bow. Kneaded a little bit of Gum-Tex on the Pink fondant, rolled it out and used it to make a 2-in wide bow. You can find instructions on how to make the Fondant Bow here. I used a little bit of water to attach the bow on the front of the cake (sitting on the bottom tier).
Fondant Booties and Stemmed Flowers. Placed the booties and stemmed flowers I made in advance on top of the cake.
Finishing touches. Placed the flowers I made earlier in front and back of the booties.
Here's the back view of the cake.
You may be interested in reading the Fondant for Beginners series:
Ce blog est magnifique! Bisous
ReplyDeleteHi Karen.......your blog is simply superb. The cake looks awesome. I have a question for you.
ReplyDeleteThe post says that you made the pink booties 4 days before the party, how do you store it?
Hi Uma, I made the the fondant 4 days in advance. Just wrapped it plastic food wrap. I made the booties 2 days in advance. I just placed it on one of my Tupperware lined with wax paper. It dries hard and usually not eaten. It could last for years.
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