Fondant Fetish - Sunflower garden cake
This was my first venture into Poured fondant. It's a cherry madeira cake covered in white almond marzipan and then white poured fondant. All sunflowers are handmade and tinted and the leaves and vines are mainly marzipan too.
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Comment by Timothy Jansen on October 13, 2012 at 3:40pm
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My GOODNESS Tracy...!!!! That is just STUNNING...!!! I LOVE it!!!!... My apology for taking so long to find it...!!! WOW!!!
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Comment by June Kowalczyk on August 29, 2012 at 12:35pm
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Can't buy the poured fondant mix here in Canada. But you can take either your homemade or store bought fondant and "melt" it the micro. You add a little more water & corn syrup so it becomes runny. I did it a long, long time ago. I had forgoten that mine cracked also. Have now read that after it is completely dry on your cake, you can use a pastry brush and lightly brush a mixture of shortening mixed with a little bit of corn syrup on the fondant. Suppose to "seal" it. Mine looked like those crafts that were sprayed with "crackle spray". And my family thought I did it on purpose. I use to smoosh my bc iced cakes with a clean pot scrubber cause I could never get it smooth & flat, so I gave it my own "finish". Still do it if I am in a hurry. Gives a nice affect, and like yours, people assume it is a speacial "technique"...... hee hee
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Comment by Tracy Deadman on August 29, 2012 at 12:14pm
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June, it was so easy - it was too easy if you know what I mean! Lol.
The box said enough for 7" and I had a 10" cake oops. Made it into a thickish paste and decided as I probably didn't have enough I'd pour it straight onto the cake on the board. It covered int perfectly. I must have made it just the right consistency. After a few minutes it stopped flowing down the sides of the cake and stayed put, nice a smooth. I sprinkled a very small amount of baby lemon disco dust and prayed my sunflowers wouldn't head south - they stuck no problem at all, although the crust of the icing did egg shell crack , but it gave a nice effect in a 'Hey - I meant to do that' kind of way hahaha.
Apparently there used to be a cake like this widely for sale in the UK - which is why her mum wanted it. It didn't disappoint :) phew x
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Very, Very pretty indeed Tracy
So you had no trouble with the poured fondant? How did you like working with it????
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Comment by Nikki Seiler on August 29, 2012 at 9:05am
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What a gorgeous cake ... the flowers look so real!
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Thank you for all your lovely comments. I heard back from my customer that it tasted great - which is always a relief, especially when they've been so specific over the cake flavours. Txxx
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Comment by Mandy Donaldson on August 28, 2012 at 2:28pm
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Rrr yes Tracy I use this for piping writing & stuff. Can totally understand your initial worry :-)
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Comment by Anny Mac Donald on August 28, 2012 at 10:27am
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this is very pretty.
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Comment by Anne M on August 28, 2012 at 9:55am
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Tracy, all your cakes are a treat.
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Katy, I'm afraid I didn't get to taste the whole thing, just licked the spoon at the end :D tasted pretty good to me. Think I would rather have had it with the cake & marzipan though
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