Let them eat cake!

I've always always wanted to make actual fancy cakes with the fondant, different tiers, etc. but never had the guts to give it a try. Well after watching lots of cake shows on T.V. over time and then watching tutorials online and reading over recipes I decided to give it a try and make a cake for my sister-in-law Hannah for her 20th birthday.



Her birthday was yesterday (Sunday) and so last Monday I went shopping and got all the ingredients and supplies I needed. Tuesday I made the fondant and then stored that away. Friday I went on to make the chocolate buttercream frosting to go beneath the fondant and in between the cake layers. Saturday morning I began the baking. I baked the cakes and then frosted the layers and then chilled them.

In the afternoon when Taylor was home to watch the baby I went to work kneading and coloring and rolling out the fondant. This picture above is the lower tier just after covering it with fondant.

The bottom tier covered and the top tier before being covered with fondant.

Now covering the top tier.

I trimmed the excess off the edges.

Here is the cake before getting decorated.

Next I rolled more fondant and started with the stripes on the bottom.

Here I added fondant balls.

Then with chocolate frosting I pipped squiggley designs on the top tier.

After adding edible glitter, more fondant balls on the top, and some ribbon it was almost done.

Ta-da! Here is the finished product. (Notice the glossy look? It's not supposed to have that but it happened nontheless because of being covered and stored in the fridge over night). I had a BLAST and learned a lot and I will definitely do more in the future. Thanks for listening!