January 26, 2008
Made mini wedding cake for a friend's wedding this week. It was my first time using rolled fondant ... almost gave up on it. That is not easy stuff to work with, especially when my woodstove is cranked up to counteract the 2 degrees temperatures we have outside! The heat only made the fondant tend to dry out quicker. I got great raves from the kind gals at the wedding, though I definitely want to improve a few things on my next try with fondant. This cake design idea was taken from a much larger multi-layer cake in a book from Michael's. Here's my final result:
Made mini wedding cake for a friend's wedding this week. It was my first time using rolled fondant ... almost gave up on it. That is not easy stuff to work with, especially when my woodstove is cranked up to counteract the 2 degrees temperatures we have outside! The heat only made the fondant tend to dry out quicker. I got great raves from the kind gals at the wedding, though I definitely want to improve a few things on my next try with fondant. This cake design idea was taken from a much larger multi-layer cake in a book from Michael's. Here's my final result:
