Fun With Fondant

I am part of a wonderful charity that provides birthday cakes to individuals who otherwise would not get a cake, such as foster children, hospice patients, veterans, and people in assisted living communities. I usually make two cakes a month for the charity, sometimes more, sometimes less. The following are some of the better-looking cakes I have made using fondant.

A quick note about fondant, fondant and I have a bit of a rocky relationship. We are still in the "getting to know each other" stage and aren't too sure about one another. He is very finicky and kneady, while I can be impatient and don't always respect his delicate nature. He is very popular and I hope we can make it work. The cakes below are the good times we've had together.

(Please forgive the sloppy lettering, I have terrible handwriting!)

This cake was pretty easy, I just pressed the fondant into a mold to get the rose and leaf shapes then added them to a buttercream frosted cake. The real trick here was trying to get the fondant out of the mold without completely destroying it.

For this cake, I covered the whole thing in marshmallow fondant then added red fondant dots. This was my first attempt using fondant for the whole cake and I think it turned out pretty nice. It was a bit of work though, rolling out the fondant and trying to lay it smoothly over the cake without ripping it.

This cake was so much fun to make, all of the make-up is made out of fondant! I used marshmallow fondant for all the black, the eyeshadow, and blush since it had more of a matte finish and used a buttercream fondant for the lipsticks and nail polish since it had more of a shine.

The marshmallow fondant recipe I used can be found here and the buttercream fondant recipe can be found here.