Fondant Cake DecoratingCreate edible fantasies with fondant cake decorating designs by Lorelie. The very BEST cake decorating designs, and cake decorating lessons for decorating with fondant.
Embellishing a wedding cake with fondant might seem intimidating at first, but if you read along and follow my cake decorating directions you will see that with a little practice it is quite simple. QUESTIONS about cake decorating? Ask me!
Cakewalk by Margaret Braun is my all time favorite for fondant cake decorating. Below is a video I made recently of a belly dance birthday cake inspired by her fabulous book, which is filled with recipes and tutorials.See the video.
The most challenging part to master when using fondant is making it smooth with no bumps and bubbles. Once you get that down it is easier than frosting a wedding cake with buttercream icing. The cake pictured above is simply covered in fondant with a border and some royal icing scroll work. Fresh flowers top it off. Go here to see more cakes with fresh flowers. You can use fondant flowers too. Would you like to learn to make fondant flowers?
Whimsical Wedding CakesThe Dr. Seuss cake to the right also known as a topsy turvy cake, is a fun whimsical wedding cake. With these odd shaped cakes it is challenging to wrap the fondant without creasing or tearing.The secret is practice and patience... You could design this cake with normal tiers and it would still be very interesting. I will be adding my own fondant video tutorials but until then please learn from these wonderful tutorials that I have found on You tube. You tube has tons of cake decorating videos. The one below is from Jannel of Janell's Cakes
The video below on daisies is from the president of the International Cake Exploration Society The daisy in this tutorial is very realistic.
Fondant Cake Decorating - Painting on Fondant
The inspiration behind this cake was Middle Eastern belly dance. I wanted it to be reminiscent of a coin belt with beads and tassels. Fondant draping is easy and quick. I will show you how to use cake decorating fondant for the drapes. Painting on fondant is very easy to do. Silver and gold petal dust were used on this cake and real gold leaf on the coins. Silver dragees were used as beads encrusted into the fondant. The tabs with coins made of fondant (which I will show you how to do too) are traditionally part of a belly dance over-skirt decoration. Ropes made of sugar paste (as it is also sometimes called) are so easy and effective Royal icing drop strings on the edge of the top tier and the base and fondant roses on the top are the finishing touches. Here are two recipes for royal icing. Fondant Cake Decorating Combined With Royal Icing
If it's your first time using fondant this is a great choice of cake decorating designs. The reason is that most of the cake is covered in Cornelli lace. With loads of fresh roses and greenery, you can cover up any mishaps, such as small cracks or creases.
If you practice en-robing you won't have to cover up so much. I am here to tell you that there is always a better side to a cake. So please don't shy away from giving fondant cake decorating a try. This cake is one of my earlier ones...
Cake Decorating Fondant Plus Little Blue Fondant Flowers and Royal Icing Snowflakes
The snowflake wedding cake is the ultimate for a winter wedding. Again it is simply covered with fondant. Blue ribbon was used as a border and little blue flowers were made ahead of sugar paste and then painted with petal dust. The snowflakes are made with royal icing and then dried overnight. They are very delicate so you will need to make extra just in case. Having done several of these snowflake wedding cakes, this one is a favorite because of the touch of blue. By using ribbon for borders and little cut out flowers, you can simplify a cake and make your own wedding cake.
Another Example Of A Whimsical Wedding Cake
The bride made her own wedding cake topper, out of pipe cleaners no less.
Anything goes! Whatever your hearts desire it can be used in today's cake decorating designs. Pink, yellow, blue and green colored fondant make up each tier. The ruffle is tulle edged with royal icing and the cake border is fondant balls. Daisies are cut with a fondant cutter. Cornelli lace of royal icing is piped onto the two of the tiers.
Cake Decorating With Fondant, Royal Icing Strings and Ribbons.
The combination of fondant and royal icing has a nice effect. This elegant cake is covered in rolled fondant then royal icing is used to pipe the borders strings and ribbons. The ribbons are made ahead and dried, then placed on the cake with a dab of royal icing. Little silver dragees are a part of the design and echo the Dotted Swiss feeling on the bottom tier. Step by step photos with cake decorating lessons and video will be added to this page. Bookmark this site now and sign up for my RSS feed so you will be kept up to date on all of the new additions coming soon. Visit my how to make your own wedding cake page for video instruction.
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