I threw a baby shower for one of my best friends. Of course I had to make a cake, but I just couldn't decide on what I wanted it to look like. I searched and searched my books, internet, and brain, but just couldn't decide on an idea. Or maybe the problem was that I had too many ideas! There were only going to be a few people at the party so the cake was going to be small. Eventually I decided on a ducky idea that I adapted from a larger cake on the internet.
I bake two 10 inch round cakes and then angled them down so that the top was a bit bigger than the bottom. I covered the entire thing in swirly blue fondant. (Very easy to make by the way, just don't mix the color in all the way, roll out, and poof- you have water) I then made some swirly brown fondant that I made look like wooden planks and put these around the sides. I didn't like how blah the color looked so I painted them with brown food coloring mixed with vodka. I like this method as the color stays true and the vodka does not leave a sticky mess on the fondant. Finally I piped some frosting bubbles, put a pink rubber ducky on top and wrote the baby's name. I did add edible iridescent glitter to make the bubbles sparkle!
The cake was a hit and tasted yummy as always! I also had rave reviews about the fondant. I use MMF with melted white chocolate chips mixed in. Very yummy! I also had a bit of a break through. Two things....plan ahead - I would have made the wooden planks out of gumpaste to make them more realistic, but ran out of time due to my indecisive problem. And 2 - plain, uncolored vodka will "erase" any painting mistakes!
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