 |
| First defrost all the layers (that were sitting in a freezer for a good week and a half). |
 |
| Cover the layers in frosting to prepare for fondant-ing. |
 |
| Cover in fondant and trim. |
 |
| Do the same to the remaining top two layers. |
 |
| Smooth out the fondant as best as possible - this part was pretty hard. I knew my decorations would cover up a lot of the imperfections, though, so I didn't stress out... too much. |
 |
| Stacking the layers was pretty easy. Each layer was on it's own round piece of cardboard. In between each cardboard layer there were wooden dowel rods supporting the layers above. To make sure all the layers didn't just slide off each other, I just used one long dowel rod right down the center (sharpened on one end - to get through each cardboard layer... along with a hammer). |
 |
| The layers are all secured together. Time to decorate! |
 |
| Put the cake topper on - and added some brown ribbons around the edge of the circles. |
 |
| Preparing leaves - hand painted... all 50 of them... |
 |
| more leaves :) |
 |
| Applying the leaves to the cake: they stick really well with just a little bit of water. I ended up painting the edges of the leaves to make it look prettier. I just put the leaves in places where there were imperfections. If I accidentally got some of the food coloring on the white parts, I would just wipe it off with a damp paper towel/clean wet paintbrush. |
 |
| The finished product! 1 hour before showtime. Phew! *beads of sweat roll off my forehead* |
No comments:
Post a Comment