This little cake is very cute and quite simple... It can be completed with very little
specialized tools and materials
specialized tools and materials
Materials:
- 3 eight inch round cakes, any flavor, frozen.
- buttercream icing, or what ever icing you prefer
- fondant. Can be white and then colored or use chocolate for shell. White fondant can be kneaded with
chocolate for a marbled look, or colored to the desired color with gel food color.
- Food color
- Corn starch. for rolling fondant
- 3 eight inch round cakes, any flavor, frozen.
- buttercream icing, or what ever icing you prefer
- fondant. Can be white and then colored or use chocolate for shell. White fondant can be kneaded with
chocolate for a marbled look, or colored to the desired color with gel food color.
- Food color
- Corn starch. for rolling fondant
Equipment:
- Rolling pen, for fondant
- airbrush, not absolutely required but good for hi-lights
- Modeling tools.
- Rolling pen, for fondant
- airbrush, not absolutely required but good for hi-lights
- Modeling tools.
Step One:
On a wrapped cake
board, stack and ice three
round cakes with
buttercream icing , bevel
the top cake to help form
the round shape
On a wrapped cake
board, stack and ice three
round cakes with
buttercream icing , bevel
the top cake to help form
the round shape
Step Two:
Once the cake is iced, mix some green food
color with white fondant. (don't forget to wear
rubber gloves, and use corn starch on your
mixing surface to keep the fondant from
sticking!) you may also leave the fondant
white and airbrush it later. Roll out 4
"sausage" shaped pieces for legs, splitting
them on one end for toes. You can model
them as much as you want for detail. Don't
forget his tail, and it is also handy to wrap a
one inch band around the bottom to cover the
white buttercream. Arrange the legs and tail
as a turtle would have
Once the cake is iced, mix some green food
color with white fondant. (don't forget to wear
rubber gloves, and use corn starch on your
mixing surface to keep the fondant from
sticking!) you may also leave the fondant
white and airbrush it later. Roll out 4
"sausage" shaped pieces for legs, splitting
them on one end for toes. You can model
them as much as you want for detail. Don't
forget his tail, and it is also handy to wrap a
one inch band around the bottom to cover the
white buttercream. Arrange the legs and tail
as a turtle would have
Step Three:
Roll out a round ball of brown
fondant to about 18 inches. If
you've never done this before it
may take some practice. Start with
a kneaded ball on a smooth flat
counter top with plenty or corn
starch spread on it so it doesn't
stick. Be sure top lift and turn it a
few times as well. After rolling out a
sufficient sized circle of fondant, roll
the edges up to form the edge of
the shell. Remember shells are of
all shapes, colors and sizes, so
there is no "right" way for this to look
Roll out a round ball of brown
fondant to about 18 inches. If
you've never done this before it
may take some practice. Start with
a kneaded ball on a smooth flat
counter top with plenty or corn
starch spread on it so it doesn't
stick. Be sure top lift and turn it a
few times as well. After rolling out a
sufficient sized circle of fondant, roll
the edges up to form the edge of
the shell. Remember shells are of
all shapes, colors and sizes, so
there is no "right" way for this to look
Step Four:
Once the edges are rolled to your liking, pick up the
fondant and place it evenly over the cake. I find a PVC
tube about 2" round works well for this. I lay the
section of pipe across the middle of the circle and flip
one side up folding it over the tube and other half.
Then you simply lift the tube with fondant draped over
it. Do this slowly working any wrinkles and bubbles out
as you cover the cake. With practice you will find your
best way of accomplishing this task... Be sure to spray
your cake with a mist of water so the fondant will adhere
Once the edges are rolled to your liking, pick up the
fondant and place it evenly over the cake. I find a PVC
tube about 2" round works well for this. I lay the
section of pipe across the middle of the circle and flip
one side up folding it over the tube and other half.
Then you simply lift the tube with fondant draped over
it. Do this slowly working any wrinkles and bubbles out
as you cover the cake. With practice you will find your
best way of accomplishing this task... Be sure to spray
your cake with a mist of water so the fondant will adhere
Step Five:
After covering all that is left to do is DETAILS!!!!! I have several sculpting tools but I find that a simple
wooden skewer is often the best. You can "draw" your details right into the soft fondant easily. You can use an
airbrush to add highlights and define lines. The head I simply sculpted out of a roll of fondant. It is handy to
have several balls of fondant colored before hand to use for things like eyes, tongues, and anything else you
can imagine. This customer ordered a birthday cake for a man who raises turtles. They wanted a fun,
:cartoony" cake. I think this fit that bill. A cake of this size would feed about 24 guest. And with a little creativity
could be made into a lot of other designs.
Thanks for looking and Happy Decorating!!!!!!!
After covering all that is left to do is DETAILS!!!!! I have several sculpting tools but I find that a simple
wooden skewer is often the best. You can "draw" your details right into the soft fondant easily. You can use an
airbrush to add highlights and define lines. The head I simply sculpted out of a roll of fondant. It is handy to
have several balls of fondant colored before hand to use for things like eyes, tongues, and anything else you
can imagine. This customer ordered a birthday cake for a man who raises turtles. They wanted a fun,
:cartoony" cake. I think this fit that bill. A cake of this size would feed about 24 guest. And with a little creativity
could be made into a lot of other designs.
Thanks for looking and Happy Decorating!!!!!!!
Cheri