Sock Monkey 1st bday cake

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Comment by June Kowalczyk on June 28, 2015 at 12:56pm

They always....always make things look easier in videos. Never is... As I told Goreti, I watched a video when I made my boot cake...ah ya...I ended up doing it my own way...

Comment by Denise Rico on June 28, 2015 at 12:16pm

Actually Katy, they did. The video was done by the guy who had actually created the onlay molds for Marvelous Molds who made it look like a "piece of cake"...lol. The other tutorial I read was written by a cake blogger who who had used this particular onlay mold for the 1st time. She was the one who suggested putting the cake in the freezer. She had posted a picture of the finished cake she had done & it was beautiful & her chevron design was perfect. They both made it look & sound so easy for them but for me, not so much.

Comment by Katy Nott on June 28, 2015 at 11:21am

soooo cute Denise.  I find a lot of these moulds etc., are never as easy as they make it look.  Also I bet the tutorial didn't have it on buttercream?

Comment by Denise Rico on June 28, 2015 at 11:01am

Thanks so much ladies. Yes, the onlay mold is tricky. I watched the video & read a tutorial on how to use it. The 1st problem I ran into was I didn't have a pasta roller attachment for my KA mixer & that's not something you can just run out and buy on the spot. I had to roll out the fondant myself & it has to be just right or it won't work. The 2nd problem was the tutorial I had read suggested putting the cake in the freezer before & after adding each piece. Well, after I had finished adding all the chevrons & left it out of the freezer all the colors began to drip & run into one another b/c of the condensation. Talk about your hot mess (literally, b/c my a/c still wasn't working). It was tedious, but working w/a paintbrush, I managed to clean it all up & patch up spots where the paintbrush had taken off some of the icing. I just turned the really bad part toward the back so it wouldn't show. Will try it again b/c I refuse to be defeated...lol.

Comment by Inoka Nishanthi on June 27, 2015 at 10:10pm

Beautiful.

Comment by Betty on June 27, 2015 at 9:47pm

So cute...your monkey topper looks great.

Comment by June Kowalczyk on June 27, 2015 at 8:45pm

Really cute cake!! I've tried to use my M M onlay, and have given up....too tricky. Can't imagine placing it on a bc covered cake!! You did a great job!!

Comment by Goreti on June 27, 2015 at 6:44pm

Very cute--those onlay molds can be a little tricky to use

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