With the amazing interest in my cakes and the requests for classes and demonstrations I thought I would take a couple of blogs and give you some easy ideas to try out on your own. I am going to start with some really easy flowers. These seriously take almost no skill and in a couple of hours (or less) you can make an entire bouquet. You can easily place these on top of a cake iced in buttercream and impress all of your friends with your new found fondant skills!
As always, I use MMF (http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Rolled-Marshmallow-Fondant). As mentioned previously, I use clear vanilla extract instead of water...yummmmm.
You can make these flowers just about any size. Start by rolling a ball of fondant about twice the size of the flower that you want. Using your fingers flatten out the fondant into a long oval shape.
Roll the fondant lengthwise.
If you want you can cut off the bottom depending on what you are planning to do with it. I kept it on the ones I used in the bouquet on top but cut it off on the ones I added to the sides.
Making them in multiple sizes will add to the visual interest. I tried to make three sizes...Large, medium and small. I used the smallest ones as "filler" after placing the large and medium flowers.
I made the leaves by rolling a ball, squeezing it flat and then pinching one end into a point. The vines I simply rolled into "snakes" and placed them directly onto the cake. I will teach the twisty vines later (they add lots of impact and look spectacular on a cake).
The finished product. This was a gift to my youngest daughter's preschool teachers.
What do you think? Is this something you can try on your own? Who is going to try it?
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