Pink Princess Cake!!

Ok, the first thing I’m going to do for this cake is post the link to the Wilton Cake Pan Instructions. You aren’t going to necessarily follow them to a T–but enough of it comes from the instructions–that you should look them over. I will let you in on a little secret…this cake SHOCKED me! I think it’s amazing–and honestly, it took a little time–a failed attempt on fondant coloring–but seriously, this was one of the easiest cakes I’ve ever done. In fact, since the fondant is like playdough, I literally used scissors to cut the flairs on the top layer to make them hang how I wanted then to over the white ruffles. Everything on this doll is fondant, other than the pink strings of frosting, and the little rosettes scattered around the top of the skirt. I don’t have the fancy “air brushing” guns you see on some cake shows to color the fondant, so I used food coloring diluted in water–and I had a little paint brush to add a little dimension inside the folds of the dress, and some edible pink glitter over that.

To make the white ruffles I simply rolled the fondant out, and then used the “Fondant Cutter/Embosser” from Wilton. I can’t find a link to buy one–so I will just tell you what it is for now. It cuts in a squiggily line which gives the fondant the ruffle look. Then, I took a toothpick and inside of each of the downward loops I pushed the toothpick through the fondant and made a hole. I cut the fondant to about 1 inch wide and then made another ribbon doing the same thing. None of the white fondant is over 1 inch tall. There is one long ribbon going around the entire base of the doll. Then in the front you simply add the ribbon like you do shingles on a roof, from the bottom to the top, so that the next layer up–covers the rough edge of the ribbon below it. That’s it–all there was to the ruffles.

For the pink overlay I just cut a large circle in my rolled out fondant and laid it over the top of the skirt. I smoothed it over the cake and the folds and then took my scissors and started trimming it where I wanted it. A little shorter to show the ruffles at the bottom, but a little longer over the folds to get the flair. Then when I got to the front, I simply cut a triangle out of the fondant just wide enough to cover the edges of the ruffles. Truly…simple!The doll’s body was really easy too. I did the same thing with her top portion as I did for the ruffles, although I didn’t use the toothpick. With a little water on the paint brush, paint over the dolls body. This acts as glue for the fondant.

The bow on the back is fondant, the flowers are fondant–once you have your pieces made, you just adhere them to the dress with a little frosting. Like I said, it took a while to finish, but there was nothing difficult about it at all.

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Football Birthday Cake!!

Barrett’s 3rd birthday had a football theme. I got this 3D pan from Wilton, and have loved it. It’s very easy to decorate–but even better, the cake comes out of this ’shape’ pan better than most character pans. The football was decorated alone, and then place on top of a white sheet cake. The little football candles are from Wilton as well.

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Barrett’s First Birthday Bear

This is my second attempt at the 3D Teddy Bear. This was for Barrett’s birthday and since he’s a Halloween baby, we had all of the guests come in costume–so his cake needed to be in costume as well. The cake was made using the Wilton Stand Up Cuddly Bear pan, but decorated with horns, mask and witches wand from the local party store.

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Blakelynn’s First Birthday Bear!!

This cake was made using the Wilton Stand Up Cuddly Bear Pan. It was my first attempt at the 3D cake, and my butter cream wasn’t as firm as it needed to be–and I didn’t work with the brown color to get it more even. But for a first attempt, I thought it was really cute.

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Jacob’s 5th Birthday Bowling Cake

Jacob’s 5th birthday was at a bowling alley. So I used the Wilton Soccer Ball cake pan from his 4th birthday and made it a bowling ball instead. Other than the black frosting (which is never my favorite) I used black sprinkles to give the ball a sparkle. The bowling ball and pins candle set is also from Wilton.

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Jake’s 4th Birthday Soccer Ball

My first friend birthday party had a soccer theme. I used half of the Wilton 3D Ball cake pan–but since that time they have come up with a much better cake pan. This was a fun cake to make but the pattern threw me off as a novice. It was just placed on top of a sheet cake. The soccer ball candle holders are also Wilton.

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