First Fondant Cake From Scratch (Sorta)!

Ok, this cake was a long time in the making.  I went to Cakemix a month ago and decorated my first ever fondant cake.  Then I decided to make my own fondant with marshmallows and powdered sugar.  I didn't really know what kind of cake to make, but finally found someone to make one for!

 

Ta-da!  I definitely learned a couple things with this cake.  Like, you always need more powdered sugar to keep the fondant you're rolling out from sticking.  And, add more powdered sugar, gosh-darn-it!  

 

Did you know that cutting a hole in a ziplock bag to use as a frosting bag doesn't have results as good as using actual frosting tips?  Yeah, I probably should have known.  But I really wanted something that I could just throw away and not have to handwash.  Next time, I will definitely splurge for the frosting bags!

It turned out way better than I expected for my first try, so I'm happy!  I'm definitely going to be making more 2-lay 6" cakes in the future and decorating them with fondant. (Especially since the batch of fondant I made has at least another cake's worth!)

Decorating My Own Cake at Cakemix

Yesterday it was my birthday, so my mom and I went to Duff's Cakemix and decorated some cakes.  This awesome place was started in LA by Duff from Ace of Cakes.  Pretty cool, huh?

Well, I had no idea what to expect!  It turned out to be in a great place with half of the building for decorating cakes and half (separated by large windows) a studio for the actual cake professionals to work (oh, I would love to have that job title!).

Here's what I ended up with:

 It's a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and covered in fondant.  The decorations are all fondant, too, except for the dark purple that I used to outline everything.

Below, you can see the awesome cake that my mom, from Dammit, Minnie!, created.  Those white things are little molded skulls, since she adores everything Halloween and Day of the Dead.

Now excuse me while I go order some 6" cake pans and see where I can get fondant, since I think this is a love that will last!