Crystal-Clear Cake…
Love Shines Through Cake
Ingredients:
- Easy-Add Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant Add to shopping list Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Easy-Add Silver Pearl Dust™ Add to shopping list Silver Pearl Dust™
- Easy-Add Piping Gel Add to shopping list Piping Gel
- Easy-Add Meringue Powder Add to shopping list Meringue Powder
- Easy-Add clear vanilla extract Add to shopping list clear vanilla extract
- Non-stick vegetable pan spray
Pattern:
Love Shines Through - Diamonds and Triangles
Makes:
Cake serves 110.
Techniques Used:
Tools:
- Hexagon Pan Set (9, 12, and 15 x 2 in. pans used)Easy-Add Hexagon Pan Set Add to shopping list Hexagon Pan Set
- Easy-Add Tip: 3 Add to shopping list Tip: 3
- Easy-Add Brush Set Add to shopping list Brush Set
- Easy-Add Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother Add to shopping list Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother
- Easy-Add Cutter/Embosser Add to shopping list Cutter/Embosser
- Easy-Add Rolling Pin Add to shopping list Rolling Pin
- Easy-Add Roll-N-Cut Mat Add to shopping list Roll-N-Cut Mat
- Easy-Add Rhinestone Heart Ornament Add to shopping list Rhinestone Heart Ornament
- Crystal Clear Divider Set (8 and 10 in. plates used)Easy-Add Crystal Clear Divider Set Add to shopping list Crystal Clear Divider Set
- Easy-Add 9 in. Twist Legs Add to shopping list 9 in. Twist Legs
- Cake Circles (12 and 16 in. circles needed)Easy-Add Cake Circles Add to shopping list Cake Circles
- Easy-Add 13 x 19 in. Cake Board Add to shopping list 13 x 19 in. Cake Board
- 1/4 in. thick foamcore board
- Waxed paper
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Toothpicks
- Double-stick tape
- Large fluffy brush
Instructions:
Step 1
In advance: Prepare hexagon bases. Cut cake circles and foamcore 1 in. larger than corresponding pan size. Cover base boards with rolled fondant and set aside. Also: Make icing dots. Cover cake boards with waxed paper; lightly spray with vegetable pan spray. Use thinned royal icing to pipe 500 tip 3 dots, 1/4 in. wide. Let dry 48 hours. While still attached to boards, brush dots with Pearl Dust mixed with extract. Let dry.
Step 2
Bake and cool cakes; set each on a cut-to-fit hexagon cake board. Prepare and cover cakes with rolled fondant; smooth with Fondant Smoother. Prepare cakes for Push-In Pillar Construction. Cut triangle patterns in waxed paper and attach to cake sides with dots of icing; fondant triangles will later be positioned in these areas. Use large fluffy brush to cover background areas on cake sides with Pearl Dust. Remove waxed paper triangles. Position cakes on their covered boards.
Step 3
Roll out fondant 1/8 in. thick. Use patterns and straight-edge wheel of Cutter/Embosser to cut 12 triangles in each size. Brush backs with damp brush and attach to cake sides, aligning widest edge of triangles with top and bottom edges of cake. Roll out fondant 3/8 in. thick. Use wide end of tip 3 to cut 18 buttons. Brush tops with Pearl Dust; brush backs with damp brush and attach over triangle points. Attach royal icing dots around triangles using 5 dots on each edge on 9?in. cake, 6 dots on 12 in. and 7 dots on 15 in. Roll out fondant 1/8 in. thick. Use pattern to cut 6 center diamonds in each size. Brush backs with damp brush and attach, centering over corners.
Step 4
At reception: Using double-stick tape, attach 2 smallest covered hexagon boards to corresponding 8 and 10 in. plates. Assemble cakes. Position topper
