Cake Tip: within the first few minutes of pulling your cake out of the oven, grab a tea towel and press down on the cake. the tea towel is to keep you from scolding your hand with the hot steam you'll be pushing out. don't stay too long in one spot so that the cake doesn't stick to the towel. press and move your hand, press and move, press and move. as you press down it will help to even out the mound that forms while baking. this will also help the cake be more dense and easier to work with when torting, moving or shaping.
another half-tip, don't flip your cake over on a cooling rack without parchment paper and leave it there while you leave the house... you'll end up with a grid on your cake... eh, it'll be covered at least. ;)
Fondant Flowers
Fondant Bow... this was my second attempt.
crumb coat the cake then place in fridge. (this keeps the crumbs from getting into the pretty icing)
spread on the "pretty" SMB... looks like a big'ol slab of butter to me! trim with fondant "pearls".
using the cakes as a guide, cut out the cake board for the body cake.
(not shown in picture) before the crumb coat and icing, cut the cakes, little bits at a time, to round out the bowl edges from baking.
should i be censoring these pictures? i mean really.
lay on the rolled out fondant and cut out desired dress shape.
now, how do i get THAT on top of THIS?!?! very carefully!
add "accessories" and here's the final cake!
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Love the "belly button"... so true... :-)
That belly cake is too cute! I've never seen one doen it's adorable!
Enjoyed your blogs. I think you are my Texas counterpart. I am a 19 year veteran homeschooling mom of 5 (well only 2 left). You are much more advanced in the cake decorating dept.Loved the belly button. It made me laugh.
Looks great! What pans did you use to cook the breast and belly?
Oh. My. Gosh! I LOVE your blog and I LOVE this idea! Absolutely darling!! (Obviously, I just found your blog... I was searching "gumpaste tutorial")
Love the belly button cake! Looks so yummy. I think I might have to get a bigger size of maternity belts if I'm gonna eat some of those delicious cakes. My sister's expecting a baby too. This gives me an idea to invite her for some baking this afternoon. Thanks!
This is too adorable! I'm in the process of baking a "test cake" for a baby shower this coming Thursday. I didn't have a ball pan, so am using a stainless steel one for now. It is taking FOREVER to bake, though! May resort to baking another in my pampered chef batter bowl. Any hints or tips on how to bake the belly? I've only found hints/tips on the decorating part, not the baking part. Thank you!
Lori :o)
the pampered chef batter bowl is what i used for all my belly cakes. and i just lined the bottom with a little parchment paper. if i remember correctly it takes about an hour to bake in the bowl.
Thanks Hallelujah!
My stainless steel bowl worked out fairly well, but I didn't do the parchment paper so will try that on the actual cake this week.
Thanks so much for your help!
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