In all my years of teaching, I have never liked touching play dough. I don't like the texture, the smell, and the thought of all those germs trapped inside. So it came as a surprise to discover that I like to play with fondant. A few years ago, my boys came up with some birthday cake ideas that they wanted me to make them. The first ones I made were not that great, but over the years, they got better. I am sharing the ones that I found pictures of.
My first attempt at decorating cakes was scary. One of my kids wanted a Slim Jim cake, while the other requested a carrot cake. The carrot cake was easier because all I did was decorate it with gummy carrots and plastic, candy filled carrots that I got from the Dollar Tree. I poked the carrot part of the gummies into the top of the cake. The Slim Jim cake was made using a bundt cake pan. I filled the hole with Slim Jims and made the logo from Fondant.
This next cake took a lot of planning. My daughter wanted a pirate themed birthday party. The bottom part of the cake was pretty simple. However, trying to get the top part to look right was very difficult. I eventually gave up and left it warpped looking. Everyone thought it was great, so I guess I can't complain. I used editable jewels, pearls, and chocolate coins that I found at Hobby Lobby.
The next year, my daughter wanted a Perry the Platypus cake. This was a lot easier to make. The top of the hat and the beak were made out of rice crispy treats with a layer of fondant over them. I drew the eyes on with icing.
One of my family's favorite cakes are my taco cakes. My boys had a Taco Party, so I did my best to make them each a taco cake for their birthday. A little hint in how I made these is that I split a round cake down the middle, then I turned each half on its side and wrapped them in a rolled out layer of gold fondant. I cut out small pieces of green, red, and yellow fondant and sprinkled them across the top of each taco to look like topping.
I made a special graduation cake for my neice. For some reason, her nickname is Squid. So it was only appropriate that her cake be a squid. I made the squid by placing two cupcakes together and coving them with pink fondant. The tentacles are also made from fondant. I placed edible pearls on the tentacles.
Recently, my family threw a surprise party for my mom. She likes aliens, so we had an alien theme. This is my favorite cake so far. I took a few pictures during the process of making it in hopes to do a step by step guide. However, I got so involved in making it that I forgot to keep taking pictures.
I usually bake my own cakes but I was short on time. So, I bought a cookie cake for the base. I scrapped off the icing that it had on it and used green icing with a grass icing tip.
I also bought a round layered cake and removed the decoration from the top. I shaped the cake and piled the shaving on top to give it a rounded look.
I covered the cake with glittery silver fondant. I placed candy Dots for the lights and antenna. I used black fondant for the windows. I used green fondant and candy eyes for the aliens. I placed a string of diamond jewels around the middle. When the cake was put together at the party, I put glow sticks arouund the base of the cup to give it a glowing effect. While at Hobby Lobby, I saw these glittery cardboard circle cutouts. I trimmed them down and placed them around the cake.
The hardest part of the cake was actually locating cows. For some reason, none of my local stores had a small black and white cow. I am so glad that I came across this cute little cow family. It really brought the cake together.
My mom was so happy when she saw this alien cake. Everytime I have talked to her this past week, she has commented on how much she loved her cake.
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