Today I finished my first carved, fondant covered cake…a gigantic strawberry and little ladybug. The strawberry is white cake soaked with strawberry syrup with layers of strawberry buttercream enrobbed in fondant. The bottom layer is chocolate cake with a layer of fudge frosting and strawberry buttercream also enrobbed in fondant. They tasted pretty delicious once you pulled off the very sweet fondant. Though I would have liked it to have a more crisp look, I learned a lot by working with the fondant for the first time.
I thought I would also share the cake of one of my classmates…the heat was not friendly to the woman jumping out of the cake..but…it is still pretty…cute:)
Tomorrow we finish this class with a three tier wedding cake and written final. We are keeping our cake pretty simple and elegant with minimal decorations and some textured fondant.
Aaron said,
September 12, 2008 @ 11:45 am
Wow, yum!
Dad and Mom said,
September 12, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
Krista, that is a great looking cake with the strawberry and lil lady bug!!
Great to see you in the picture with your Chef uniform on… Love Dad and Mom
Sam said,
September 12, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
Very cool cakes, Krista. Also…I like your hat. It reminds me of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7CdEFXGK_w
Good luck on your final!