Birthday cake #3, learning to control fondant.

Fondant can be tricky, especially when you want to dye it a certain color, like RED or Black, or both.

I dyed, rolled, and free-hand cut the letters and used bottle caps and biscuit cutters for the circles.

This cake was made for Steph's b-day.












 French Vanilla cake with red fondant, black fondant letters, circles, and sugar pearls for decoration.

Tips:
1.) Buy gel dyes, not just food coloring because it doesn't work well.
2.) Putting a little oil on your hands to work the edges of the fondant will allow you to work it to be smooth.
3.) White contrast on red and black is awesome.

Date: Fall 2009