We've both agreed that the finished cake would have been less wibbly if we'd actually done some proper measuring instead of just rolling
the fondant out and slapping it on.
Serve immediately by turning
each fondant out onto a serving plate.
After building up the teeth with the cake - ball mixture, I rolled my white
fondant out thinly and cut out circles a bit larger than the cupcake's diameter.
Not exact matches
Make sure the remaining marshmallow
fondant stays covered in parchment and sealed in a plastic bag to prevent it from drying
out.
To store, flatten
out fondant to 1 - inch disc or rectangle, cover in parchment and store in a sealed plastic bag at room temperature.
If the
fondant mixture is too crumbly and dry, flatten it
out and use a spray bottle and spritz the
fondant and continue to knead until it comes together.
Use the same size heart cutter as the one used on the cookies and stamp
out fondant hearts.
With that said, and by the looks of this cake I am sharing with you today, it is very obvious I AM NOT A CAKE DECORATOR and a beautiful rolled
out layer a
fondant would have been much more professional.
If you want to work with the
fondant, roll it
out between two layers of plastic wrap.
Fondant is really a lot like play dough and can be shaped, molded and rolled
out to whatever your hearts desire.
So, I made Liam's cake (my favorite chocolate cake) with easy vanilla buttercream frosting and a
fondant caterpillar on the top, but didn't have time to hand - sculpt each of the foods
out of
fondant.
In honor of us being 1 month closer to a fun and creative event, I decided to bust
out some Satin Ice
fondant and teach y ’ all how to create a very basic rose.
Decorate tree with white icing and M&M s. Using a star cookie cutter, cut a star
out of the yellow
fondant.
Taking an ample amount of
fondant roll
out into a tapered sausage.
I forgot to take pictures of the
fondant alone, but go check
out Liz's post on About.com.
After thinking how much I didn't want to make cake and worry about it sinking and trying to cover it with
fondant, I got the bright idea to make the cake
out of Rice Krispies Treats.
Roll
out a piece of
fondant to 1/4 inch thickness on a nonstick surface, such as a marble countertop or Silpat.
Using our thinly rolled
fondant, I cut
out a large circle of
fondant.
I covered the bottom with cut
out fondant clouds using this cutter in different sizes.
Curious George was made
out of
fondant.
I paneled the cake in blue
fondant that I rolled
out in an ombre pattern.
Every time I'm inspired to do something
out of my comfort zone (royal icing,
fondant, cake pops), the result looks more like it was created by an elementary school - aged child than it does a Bakerella piece of edible art.
I was aiming at creating more of a «
fondant» but that didn't turn
out too well... it came
out more like a thick (yet tasty), toffee - like paste.
For the face, I rolled
out red
fondant and cut it into an oval.
I cut
out yellow, green, and black
fondant pieces to decorate the face.
Roll
out a small amount of pink
fondant and use the opening of a clean piping tip to punch
out little circle shapes for the cheeks.
By the time I got the new mediums in front of me (
fondant, buttercream, gumpaste, chocolate) the natural talent came
out of no where!
The mole can be sculpted
out of marzipan or
fondant.
The «leaves» are made from green - dyed
fondant and I just made the petal shapes by hand and pinched a little stem
out of each.
Can you cut
out the
fondant squares a few days ahead of time and keep them from drying
out?
Actually, especially if it is molded from the most exquisite
fondant and has a cute little baby popping
out of it.
A recipe may also ask you to «dust» a work surface with flour or icing sugar to stop dough or
fondant icing from sticking before kneading and rolling it
out.
Now this next part was totally a first - time try at smoothing the frosting to look like
fondant... I watched multiple tutorials on using Viva paper towels to smooth
out buttercream to make it look like
fondant.
Roll
out fondant to 24x5 - inches.
He has the sort of giant head only Cadbury could love (crack it open and
fondant might ooze
out).
Sculptured 3 - dimensional cakes and iced with
fondant, wedding cake construction, decorated cut -
out cookies
Here are some of my latest finds... (search inspired by Alexcellent who tried
out my panda cupcakes recently on her blog and is a mad cupcake decorating fan like me, as shown by her recent comment: «I was going to do little Abbott and Rudd cupcakes — «Politicakes» — for Election Day — but didn't fancy working with grey
fondant icing (Rudd's hair).