Here are a couple quick photos of the latest cake for class. This cake was the final cake for the "Fondant and tiered cakes" course (Course 3). We passed... even with our slightly unorthodox cake. No movies this time. just some quick snapshots and a recipe.
This cake is actually a brownie then frosted in peppermint REAL buttercream and then done up to look like a plate and cake in fondant.
I did up the bottom round brownie to look like a fancy plate using silver tinted royal icing and brush embroidery and stringwork-- which sadly does not come across in the pictures. Made the fork from silvery-gray fondant and then stacked some triangular pieces of brownie together to make the slice of 'cake' which Craig then covered in chocolate-y brown fondant and minty green for the top and back. I added on the rope borders and made a quick fondant rose, and there you have it... our final cake!
This is our last cake for about a month as there is no class during May. Our next course (Fondant and Gumpaste) begins again in June-- I for one am looking forward to the next class... but also glad for a few weeks with no baking that HAS to be done-- plus it should help with that whole diet plan thing! Cakes are awfully tempting, plus you have to taste things along the way to make sure they are "ok for company".
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Very cool! You are one talented couple! But yes, that would certainly not help me in the diet dept. Browines are my down fall!
Looks like it was fun to make (and fun to eat!). Now, about those seashells and starfish.......
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