May 6th, 2013
Back in March I was asked to make 3 different birthday cakes, which all happen to be on the same weekend! It sounds stressful, but I didn’t hesitate because they were for three adorable kids. With a little planning ahead of time, I finished the cakes on time and they turned out great. The kids loved them and the parents were happy! Take a look:
Cake #1: A Train-Themed Cake for Landon
This was a 9-inch chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream and covered with fondant.
Cake #2: A Girly Cake for Violet
This was a 6-inch vanilla sponge cake, filled with lemon mousse. The exterior was covered with buttercream rosettes.
To give the cake more texture, I added edible sugar pearls at the center of each rosette.
Cake #3: A Despicable-Me Cake for Gavin
This was a 6-in chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream and covered with fondant. Surprisingly, I have never seen Despicable Me, but when I was doing my research on the Minions, it looks like a very adorable movie. Will have to add it to my movie list.
These Minions were carefully molded with fondant…lots of details involved
Congratulations!! They are beautiful!! I don’t know which I like more of all.
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Thank you for reading! Your work is amazing as well!
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amazing!
were the figures/trains solid fondant? or some sort of cake pop thing?
have you found fondant easier to work with than marzipan?
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Thanks, Yao!
I used fondant since that was all I have. Typically, marzipan is used for molding, but I don’t see that a lot in stores. But I find that fondant works well and dries out fairly well for the figures.
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