I have recently discovered the world of “cake decorating”. Last December, my second daughter turned 1 and I wanted to make a special cake to celebrate the occasion. It took me a few days of research and some more days of planning, but in the end I decided to try and decorate a cake with fondant. I had never done it before, so I was a bit nervous about it. I have to say that it is not as hard as it seems, but it does require a little practice, especially if you want to create the figurines or more complicated patterns.
TIPS:
- For these cakes I had to buy some material and tools: white fondant, food colouring pastes, spatulas, a fondant smoother, a cake board, a sugar craft gun, modelling tools, an impression sheet for the grass and cutters for the flowers.
- When you roll the fondant, make sure you work with some sifted icing sugar, so that it does not stick to the bench top or to the rolling pin.
- Do not use a sponge cake if you want to decorate it with fondant! The fondant is too heavy for it and the cake may collapse! I used a butter cake, but pound cakes or mud cakes work just as well.
EASY BUTTER CAKE RECIPE, IDEAL FOR FONDANT DECORATED CAKES
Recipe adapted from Taste
Ingredients: (for a 23 cm square pan)
250g butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
2/3 cup milk
Preheat the oven to 160°C fan-forced. Grease and line 23 cm square cake pan with baking paper.
Using an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating to combine.
Add half the flour and combine. Add half the milk and to combine.
Repeat with remaining flour and milk.
Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Stand in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
Now it is ready to decorate.
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Here are some of the fondant decorated cakes I have created:
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hi there! i am planning to make a chocolate butter cake and cover it with fondant. a friend told me that it would be taste too heavy together. is it true? this is my first time to deal with fondant and i want my cake to taste and look good. hope to hear from u thanks.
Hi! I have never made a fondant covered chocolate cake… so I don’t know how it would taste. I guess it would be ok if you use dark chocolate or cocoa powder… so that it doesn’t turn out too sweet. Another thing to keep in mind is that with a dark cake you really need to make sure you put a good layer of crumb coating and a thick enough fondant covering… so that the cake does’t show underneath. Hope it helps!
Hello! This is going to be my very first time trying to make a fondant cake and im wondering if you have a chocolate butter cake recipe? Im afraid to use just any other chocolate cake recipe as it might be too moist and fail to withstand the weight of the fondant. Hope you can reply soon
thank you for your time
Hi Andrea… I usually make a vanilla butter cake (http://www.manusmenu.com/tips/cake-decoration/fondant-cakes) or a vanilla yogurt cake (http://www.manusmenu.com/yogurt-cake-torta-allo-yogurt)… actually I am making one on Sunday for my youngest daughter’s birthday party and I am making a yogurt cake as a base… I find it thick enough for the fondant and lighter to eat. For any of the 2 recipes, you can just add a few tbsp of cocoa powder to make it into a chocolate cake! I am sure you’ll have great fun with fondant!!! Let me know how you go!
Hello! This is going to be my very first time making a fondant cake and im a little nervous. But for the cake, do you have a good chocolate butter cake recipe? Im afraid to use just any other recipe as the cake might be too moist and fail to withstand the weight of the fondant. Hope you can reply soon:) thank you for your time
Please i need to know the recipe of a mollding paste and also the recipe of suger craft
I am sorry, but I usually buy it ready made… I haven’t tried to make my own yet.