Practice Makes Perfect

Well, lets hope so! I have been thinking about little Addison's birthday and well, I need to practice them important part. So, I have been baking. I have decided what cake I want to have, so I will have to work my way up to it. I made a cake tonight using fondant. I have never in my life tried this, but I think for a first timer it turned out ok. I love projects that have good results, so I know I need to make a few more so I can have even better results!

I am posting pictures that go through the entire journey.....

I baked a strawberry cake, and covered it in butter cream icing.

In this picture is the wrapped fondant. I made this fondant from marshmallows and powdered sugar. It was not that hard to make but it took me a little while to get the consistency correct.

Jon jumped in to help his ambitious wife on her little project. He was amazing. In this picture he is covering the cake.

For the try out cake I did not do what I plan to do with Addison's cake.I am going to use fondant but I have not decided what pattern. I think the end cake will have two tiers. The top tier will come off so I can give that one to her for her pictures. I used poka dots for decoration on this one, I made them out of the fondant that I made earlier.

One the final project, you can still see a little sugar. Ignore that. I need to finish with something, I am just not sure what........

The bow needs help but we are getting somewhere!