My Very First Fondant Cake!

Decorating By Britton Updated 20 Mar 2007 , 7:33pm by kels_bells

Britton Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 3:31am

I made my first fondant cake! I made it for my boyfriend's birthday and it is a 3-D bassoon. I've been planning for over a month and spent a week working on it. I had this picture of the finished cake in my head and it actually turned out better than I imagined. He and his family were very impressed. I'm so proud of this cake.

Edited to attach pictures (figured out how to shrink them).

18 replies

wendysue Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:22am

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Wow! That's a cake? I never would have guessed that there was cake in there! lol You did a great job. I've never seen a cake like this before. Very cool!

Wendy

Britton Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:39am

post #3 of 19

Thank you!

mypastrychef Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:44am

post #4 of 19

excellent job!!!
How much did you charge for that instrument?

mpc
www.mypastrychef.com

Daniellemhv Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:48am

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Wow, I clicked on here thinking it was going to be like a wilton fondant cake or a beginners cake but WOW. not what I expected. Amazing!

sassijen Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:49am

post #6 of 19

you did a great job, it looks real never would have guessed a cake. lol. I bet he loved it!!!

polliwawg Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:53am

post #7 of 19

WOW!! What an awesome way to start!

Briarview Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:56am

post #8 of 19

And it would be so easy to cut and serve. Great job. I bet he loves you a little more now! LOL

grannys3angels Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 4:56am

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WOW!
You did an outstanding job on this cake, very beautiful! Look just like the real thing. I high 5 you on the great job you did.

finnox Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 5:00am

post #10 of 19

You did an awsome job!!!!

tobycat Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 5:02am

post #11 of 19

Super job! You have a lot to be proud of there! If that's your FIRST fondant cake, then you have a very bright future in this business! Congrats!

Sarah

Britton Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 5:04am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mypastrychef

excellent job!!!
How much did you charge for that instrument?

mpc
www.mypastrychef.com

I made it for him as part of his gift, so I didn't charge anything. Just out of curiosity, how much do you think it would go for?

Thanks, everyone, for your nice comments. I appreciate it.

melysa Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 5:22am

post #13 of 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonoma9

Super job! You have a lot to be proud of there! If that's your FIRST fondant cake, then you have a very bright future in this business! Congrats!

Sarah

ditto

regarding a price, how many servings were there? what was your expense and how many work hours?

thats a specialty cake that you wont find in common grocery bakeries so its ok to charge more for a custom cake. i typically think its fair to go cost times 3 or 4...then figuring the profit and your hours....is that what you are comfortable charging on a per hour basis?

lucky recipiant. its a beautiful work of art. nice attention to detail!

mamacc Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 12:04pm

post #14 of 19

Great job Britton! I love the detail!!

For pricing 3D cakes you have to figure in how many hours you spent on the cake and factor that in. It's typical for me to spend 15-20 hours on a 3D cake!

Courtney