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Decorating Cakes With Fondant


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January 10, 2017

A birthday cake with colored marshmallow fondant.Before my son's birthday celebration, I had some plans on how to make it fun with less budget. Then he came to me and said he wanted a themed fondant cake. I was planning to bake a cake for him but to make a fondant, I wasn't sure if I could do it. The figures looks complicated and I don't have enough equipment to make it. What disheartened me most was when I went out to canvass prices in cake shops, the prices were really out of my budget.

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I was lost for a while, thinking of ways to make my little boy understand that I couldn't afford for even a small themed fondant cake until I remembered my husband telling me that marshmallows can be made into fondant. I searched for it and recipes are even more complicated. Some ingredients aren't available on the market and I'm not familiar with some of those.

I searched for toys which I could use as cake toppers but it's just hard to find one. No choice but to really create my own, with fingers crossed. So, I bought a pack of white marshmallows, powdered sugar and some food coloring. They are actually very affordable, I wonder why fondant cakes are too expensive here in my place.

Two days prior to the celebration, I already prepared the fondant. I started melting the marshmallows and added the sugar. Then I divided it into portions, the biggest portion is being set aside for the base and the small portions for the figures. I colored each portions and started kneading them and let set over night. The next day, I started forming and cutting using just a small knife and a piece of long straight glass as rolling pin.

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The process of kneading the fondant was the most laborious part. Now I understand why it's so expensive, the effort of making it is enormous! As I have finally formed the figures, I felt like it was a very big achievement in my entire life. For me, the cake I made was perfect and the most touching part was when my little boy saw his birthday cake. His reaction was priceless, then he said with so much excitement "Thank you mom, I'm so happy you baked a cake for me." Then I smiled with teary eyes.

It was indeed an achievement since I was able to save more than the amount of my budget for the cake. And I made my son happy. Fondant isn't that easy to make but now I know that I can save a lot of money if I make my own. There might be some fondant recipes that has expensive ingredients but it doesn't make any difference especially when you're trying to save money. This 2 ingredient fondant recipe is a big help to me.

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Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts
February 4, 2016

I made loads of fresh homemade fondant for my husband's birthday cake. I spent so much time decorating it (this one took me hours!), there was no way I would be okay with even a drop of candle wax dripping on his silhouette.

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I used the leftover fondant to mold into candle holders to place in front of the cake.

Leftover Fondant Candle Holders


Gold Post Medal for All Time! 899 Posts
March 2, 2012

I made this birthday cake for my daughter last year. She is so lucky to have a 4th of July birthday, so I tend to go a little crazy playing on the red, white, and blue theme.

4th of July Heart Cake

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Gold Post Medal for All Time! 899 Posts
March 1, 2012

I made this two tiered birthday cake and decorated the the whole thing with fondant. I really enjoy marbling fondant so I chose to marble a teal and a blue color together.

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It was for a young girl so I wanted to make funky yet beautiful, so I chose to make the bow and dots in a bright pink.

Tiered Daisy Cake

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June 18, 2019

Make your own fondant sushi cupcake toppers and save lots of money. If you can model with play dough, you can create your own decorative entrees with this pliable edible dough.

Fondant Sushi Cupcake Toppers - place one piece of sushi on top of each cupcake

September 28, 2011

This is a page about making homemade fondant. Fondant covered cakes are very popular right now. If you don't want to buy pre-made fondant, you can make your own.

Cake covered in fondant.

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