After the first class, I quickly learned that with the right tools, you can make some really cute fondant designs, that almost never fail. Since I wasn't inspired to put monkeys or hot air balloons on her cake, I decided to go with flowers. Her birthday dress had some cute flowers on it, and we were planning to have a party in the park for her, so I figured flowers were appropriate. So here's my first draft:
Fondant flower cutouts on carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I just used some color I had left over to test it out. Wes suggested some green so I rearranged and added some stems and leaves in buttercream. First draft revised:
Next I wanted to try another cake recipe as well as experimenting with some new colors I bought. This time I did inlays for the centers of the flowers, and I made fondant stems and leaves. Second draft:
And finally....ta da! The final product! Little cake, big cake, and cupcakes!
I added some yellow sugar to the flower center inlays to give them some sparkle, and I put a leaf with each flower on the cupcake to carry the green accents over to the cupcakes. I used a base of tip 1M for the cupcake swirls. I was pretty happy with the result. Nothing super fancy, but colorful and fun. I think the one thing I would change is to use a frosting shaper on the cakes to give them some ridges...instead of aiming for a smooth finish. Smooth is so hard to get right, and the ridges would coordinate with the swirls on the cupcakes.
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