Cool idea for a fondant baby shower cake

I like to make things, and this turned out to be my first opportunity to make a fondant cake. Maybe next time, I'll be able to make a cake that is a little more masculine, like a football or an acetylene torch. :) Anyway, if you like the idea, feel free to copy it and maybe to post a video response so I can see your interpretation.

A few things that I learned from this experience:

1. There is a great recipe for marshmallow fondant at http://www.designmeacake.com .

2. If you wet the tip of your pen knife it will cut the fondant more easily.

3. Making a nicely squared baby block out of a piece of wood is WAY easier than trying to do the same thing with fondant cake. So my admiration goes out to anyone who can accomplish that.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• baby
• shower
• block
• cake
• fondant
• fashion
• designer
• logo
• coco
• chanel
• louis
• vuitton
• givenchy
• dolce
• gabbana
• calvin
• klein

[snoopypumpkin1]

I love the pink you used here. Are you using a gel food color or a liquid one?!

Ur cut outs are really precise mine always look jagged when I cut them. I think I need a better cutting tool for the small bits. I'd love to know which tool you used to get those done(I'm assuming you did a print out of the labels and blew them up to trace?).

I think this design would do well being stacked with other blocks. BRAVO on ur work!

[CaveCanem90]

@snoopypumpkin1 Thanks! I used Wilton Red (No-Taste) Icing Color (gel) to color the fondant. As for the letters, I just did a Google image search for each of the logos, copied them to MS Publisher, resized them to fit my needs, and then printed them out to use as stencils. I used a sharp pen knife to cut the fondant. I found that if I repeatedly wet the tip of the knife, it would slice the fondant quite easily. Give it a try, and post your results as a video response to mine so I can see it.

[mackandnorm]

I think this is such a cool first fondant cake! I might give this design a try one day if you dont mind ; )

[CaveCanem90]

@mackandnorm I don't mind at all. I put it out there because I hadn't seen anything like it, and I thought it might inspire others to do something similar. Please do copy my idea, and then post it as a response to my video. I'd really like to see it.

[mofay26]

what website did you find the logos on

[CaveCanem90]

@mofay26 I found each logo by doing a search for each one on Google image search (eg, "Louis Vuitton logo", "Givenchy logo", etc.). Then I copied each image into MS Publisher and resized it to fit my needs. If you don't have MS Publisher, a word processor could do the same thing, though not as easily.

[itzthejack]

So nice!!!

[Divinity321]

Hi..I love this.. can you please send me the logos.. Leslene_m@hotmail.com

[SexyStiletto]

LOOVEE ITT!!!!!!!

[snoopypumpkin1]

@CaveCanem90

Thanks so much for the info! I'm working on some a cupcakes tutorial now, but I'll be needing to have letters in the next couple of days-I'll have to go find a sharp pen knife to do it with. I'll post it as a response!

[mackandnorm]

@CaveCanem90 Okay thank you - when I do make this cake & do a video, i'll post it here for you to see : )