I made this gift box cake for my friend’s mom’s 50th birthday party. The decorations were all in red, black, purple, and turquoise but since I couldn’t figure out how to make turquoise with food paste I left that color out.
This is my second fondant cake and I used marshmallow fondant instead of the Wilton brand. I’ve heard from multiple people that it tastes much better and is easier to work with. I had to make two batches of fondant because the cake was so large.
The cake is actually 7 different cakes. The bottom striped gift box is four separate 9×13 cakes, two 2-layer cakes sitting next to each other. I then frosted them as if they were one cake, and added the fondant. The top polka dot gift box is three 8 in. square cakes, stacked on top of each other. Instead of splitting the batter between two 8 in. pans, I used it all in just one pan, so each layer is a full cake.
I had a real hard time with the black fondant, possibly because of the large amount of food coloring I had to use, it kept breaking on me. I had to cover up several holes with polka dots. The ribbons, bow, and 50 are also fondant, I made them a couple of days ahead of time so they could dry, and actually were still very wet. I had to put them in front of a fan for most of the second day to dry them.
Over all it turned out pretty good, everyone liked it.
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Loved your cake, especially the ribbon curls, very clever. Wilton’s food color paste Royal Blue turns out turquoise. Or, add some green color to your blue. When working with black fondant (or red) I always buy it ready-made because the amount of food colour you need to make the black changes the fondant consistency. Also, the fondant tends to crack if it has been overworked (which may have happened when you were mixing the black color in). Great cake though!
hi there, good job with your cake :-)
to make colouring any fondant easier you can get colour paste it is very concentrated so you dont need an awful lot plus it doesn’t make your icing any wetter.
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