She sells sea shells



last year, i took on the task of making my sister's birthday cake. it was my first time using fondant and working with a lot of cake and frosting. i studied up...i watched tv shows...i read recipe books...watched videos. after finding out my sister chose a beach theme, i tried to keep it a simple design, since i was a bit inexperienced. i used a chocolate cake recipe from one my mum's cookbooks from england. i used vanilla buttercream frosting between the layers and covering the outside of the cake. i bought already-made fondant by duff- ace of cakes host. i bought white fondant then bought wilton cake dyes to make the fondant the color i wanted to achieve. i made the seashells from white and milk chocolate using a wilton candy shell tray. for the sand, i dabbed a bit of frosting on top of the cake and sprinkled brown sugar on top. i dusted the bottom, edge fondant accents with pearl dust, which can be eaten. it was a great learning experience making a cake with fondant.



the two items i loved using for cake decorating were the cake spinner and the frosting spatula. i was able to get a clean, smooth finish when covering the cake with the wilton cake spatula. the spinner made everything so much easier than dancing around the kitchen counter trying to make sure the sides and top of the cake were even.