My favorite things about this cake you cant really see in the picture, I love the little black fondant mickey mouse heads around the bottom with the other fondant balls. To make this cake I traced the shape I wanted onto wax paper and then used it as a guide to cut my fondant. The most time consuming part was going over the outline with black fondant that I rolled into a tiny strand. See "Tricks of the Trade" or go HERE for my favorite fondant recipe. ... VIEW POST

To make the base I did a smooth frosting base and then used Homemade Fondant for the white stripes. Go HERE for my favorite Fondant recipe and HERE for smoothing tips. To make the Bow on Top of the cake I tinted Wiltons white fondant so harden in place. The round part of the bow I let dry around a rolled length of saran wrap before placing it on the cake and adding the rest of the "ribbon." ... VIEW POST

This cake was based on an all round tier version that we found had seen. The silver and grey matched the brides colors and I love the dramatic look. I used fondant to make the larger "pearls" and added different sized silver dragees. I painted the fondant pearls with shimmering pearl and silver dust (Wilton Pearl Dust, Silver-0.05 Ounce (1,4g).) To get the darker metallic silver I tinted the fondant grey first. To learn to make fondant for these pearls look under "Tricks of the Trade" or go ... VIEW POST

Cake Toppers make any cake more exciting! And using RICE CRISPY treats as a base like I did here really allows you to make almost any shape. This has a rice crispy base and is covered with molding chocolate. To make the molding chocolate hold its shape a little better I added just a little bit of white fondant. Roughly 1 part fondant to 6 parts molding chocolate. (HERE is my favorite fondant recipe, and HERE is my tutorial for Modeling Choc.) The key to this tractor was making the little details ... VIEW POST