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Coolest Camo Military Cake 7
by K. Drew
(Richmond, VA)
Homemade Camo Military Cake
So my girlfriend told me about this website and wanted her son's birthday cake to look just like one of the ones already listed. I think it looks pretty good, so I thought I would add mine along with the others.
This homemade camo military cake is four layers, all chocolate with chocolate icing, and covered in marshmallow fondant. The fondant is a light green with darker green, brown and black fondant pieces worked in.
I got the idea from the homemade camo military cake done by Sarah in Spokane WA on this website. Only this was my third try, took a bit. To make it work I had to wet the other colors of fondant to get them to stick to the light green, then I rolled it out. I also found out the hard way that adding color to fondant is better to do it when it is still just the marshmallows and water mixture. Once you have the powdered sugar in it, it gets really messy. My hands are still a bit green.
When it was all assembled, I "painted" on a simple syrup coating -- it helps get rid of all the powder left on the fondant and makes it shiny. I'll refrigerate it and it will be dry in the morning.
Tell me what you think, or if you have a better idea for the fondant, please let me know. I have another friend requesting a cake next week, for a graduation. I saw the ones listed on this website and they are awesome. I can get really good ideas for it. Thanks so much and happy baking!!!
