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Topic Title: Finished Course 3 - Final Cake
Created On Wednesday August 29, 2012 10:02 PM

tmana
Posts: 200

Posted: Wednesday August 29, 2012 10:02 PM

I was so afraid my first attempt at covering a cake with fondant would be an unmitigated disaster, but everything went smoothly. (I grossly overestimated how much tinted fondant I needed, but that's another story.) I did get a bit of cracking on one side of the cake, but it was easily covered with a strip of eyelet trimming. I chose to do a bit of "multimedia" decorating by adding buttercream stems and a royal primrose along with my fondant leaves and gum paste carnations and rose.

Next week, Course 4!

	Course 3 Final Cake (640x558) (512x446).jpg (120 KB)
	Course 3 Final Cake - side (640x462).jpg (143 KB)
	Course 3 Final Cake - top (640x448).jpg (139 KB)

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pinkpanther1215
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Posted: Thursday August 30, 2012 10:20 PM

Gorgeous! I love it!

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cake-angel
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Posted: Friday August 31, 2012 1:21 PM

Gorgeous cake! I love it!

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Leucippus
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Posted: Tuesday September 11, 2012 8:55 PM

Love the flowers. They look real. Nice work on the eyelet and ball borders.

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tmana
Posts: 200

Posted: Wednesday September 12, 2012 7:07 AM

The key with the roses is to add just a little bit of white gum/fondant mix to each successive layer of petals. The key with the carnations is to let each layer (except the last) dry for about a minute before adding it onto the base/building flower. This fluffs out the layers. Also, I go around each layer twice with the veining tool to make it super raggedy.