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Pink and Brown Dots Cake
by Hope
(Virginia Beach, VA)
Pink and Brown Dots Cake
This cake was for my mom's 55th birthday. The cake is a french vanilla cake with almond extract 1- 6" and 2-8" layers. It is iced inside with a buttercream icing then covered in a fondant. The top is covered in chocolate fondant and the bottom is a pink colored fondant. The dots were cut out with an icing tip and I used a toothpick to poke through the icing tip hole to release the dots. I cut out various strips using a pizza cutter and a fondant cutter.
I assembled my cake and stuck on the various strips and dots using water as the bond. Once that was done I use strips about 3/4 of an inch in width and 3 inches in length. I loop them over my finger and assemble them around the top of the cake until my bow was formed.
Last I cut two pieces of fondant and cut an insert from the bottom of each strip to form the last part of my bow. The bow was bonded with water as well.
Helpful hint is it much better to use gumpaste in making a bow as it creates a fuller look and the loop forms much better. And the bow should be made at least a day in advance to give it time to dry and hardened.
