Baby Block

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Permalink Reply by Deah on March 3, 2011 at 4:51pm

I believe they are all cut by hand from square or rectangular cakes.  Measuring is the trick.

 

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Tennant on March 3, 2011 at 4:53pm

Thanks for that Deah, so they are cut from cake and then sugarpasted?  They are very small to put sugarpaste on aren't they, must be so fiddly!

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Permalink Reply by Deah on March 3, 2011 at 4:55pm

yes, that's the way.  You can make them whatever size you need.  If you don't want to work with the small blocks make them larger.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Linton on March 3, 2011 at 9:17pm

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/evan-3?context=user

 

Above is the link for a first birthday cake I did with blocks.  The picture is a full one not just the blocks but you can see them.  I made mine out of foam and covered with fondant.  I measured and marked them with marker so i had a perfect line to follow. I used a very sharp knife and had perfect corners.  Of course they were not meant to eat but it worked. Hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by Eileen S on March 3, 2011 at 11:26pm

About what size are you hoping for them to be?  1" square? 3" square? bigger? smaller?  I did a cake that was all baby blocks and they were about 5" square and made out of cake covered with fondant.  But for something 2" or smaller I would just make them out of fondant.  To get them all the same size you could roll the fondant really thick and then use a square cutter to go down through it. 

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Tennant on March 4, 2011 at 5:11am

Hi Paul, thanks very much for your explanation, I looked at your picture to see what you mean, they look great. I only have one question, what is RKT?  Thanks Gwen

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Tennant on March 4, 2011 at 5:13am

Thanks Elaine very much, foam is another idea but I don't trust the accuracy of my measuring and cutting so they are all uniform but maybe I just need to practise practise practise! I can't seem to open the picture of your cake though

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Tennant on March 4, 2011 at 5:15am

Thanks very much Eileen, I was wondering about just making them from fondant, I want to make small ones, about 1" x 1" to just put on the board around the cake. I need to practise!  Thanks so much everyone for your help it is much appreciated!

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Permalink Reply by Bettina Dwyer on March 13, 2011 at 8:21pm

I made mine from fondant. Roll a long sausage then use two cake smoothers to make it square. Cut the blocks our and use the smoothers to make square again, then let dry. My blocks were only 1".

I found this great tutorial and this is how I made mine.

http://inspiredbymichelleblog.com/2010/10/23/fondant-alphabet-name-...

You could also try:

http://www.wilton.com/technique/Baby-Blocks

http://www.thedreamdaycafe.com/2010/12/fondant-baby-blocks-tutorial...

 

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Tennant on March 18, 2011 at 6:02pm

Thank you so much Bettina, that's so helpful, I think that is the way I will do them, thanks for the links to the tutorials too.  I want mine only 1" also.  Thank you!

 

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