Ever since I started making cake balls for a living about 8 months ago, I've had this picture saved on my computer.
Whoever made this is just brilliant. my dream my WISH is to make this.
I find it so intimidating. But so beautiful.
I know if I added this to my portfolio...wow.

Ok ladies. She says onher blog thing that she used pouarble fondant. How is that different/similar than normal fondant?

She also said the flowers are icing decorations, I assume you purchase those? If so, any idea what site I can find that particular design??
Are the vines/ leaves frosting?

OMG...Im so intimidated...Im so nervous..but excited! I'm gonna give it a try very soon! well when I order the flowers and the shipment comes in lol.

Pourable fondant is the icing we use on petit fours.

You can do those - just break it down into steps!

Those are tiny royal frosting flowers with an edible pearl center, green icing for vines.

I agree with Loucinda, just break it down in steps, it wont be that intimidating!


However I think those are gumpaste flowers, I dont think you can vein RI flowers. The leaves are RI

I say gumpaste flowers w/ RI vines as well.

The flower is this veiner....You use a regular 5 petal cutter.

Oh Yeah..It is available at www.flourconfections.com or other online stores as well.

Here's a link to making the sugar flowers; seem pretty simple. . . hope this helps.

http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-sugar-flower

Bev

you could also...make the little flowers out of white chocolate clay.so much yummier... that's what i would do....

Great Tutorial Bev..Thanks!!!

Those are beautiful. What blog did you find them on?

yes, those veiners are what i use...but with candy clay..

I found them on something called cake journal.
well I typed "wedding cake balls" in google images and they came up on 1st page.

Ok...Thank you SO MUCH ladies!!!!!!
I'm going to jump in the shower, and when im done come back here with credit card, and order some of those flowers!! Thank you so much for the tutorial link and also the shopping link!!!! Thank you thank you! My bro is coming here to visit from the US end of the month, so he'll bring them back with him. So pics then hopefully! We will either be very impressed or have a good laugh. I'm up for both LOL.

Duh....yep those are gumpaste....I didn't have my glasses on when I was looking this morning. I think I don't need them THAT much then smack - yep, I do. (sorry about that)

Make sure to post some pics of your beautiful cake balls!!

i make those flowers!!!! what you need is a silicon veiner from blossom sugar art.com which is pink rubber and makes the shape and veins. use with a 5 petal blossom cutter or better still a petunia cutter - they turn out perfect every time - theres a tutorial on cake journal .com tutorials.

Those are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing that picure with us!

I just got that veiner set with cutter from Global sugar arts. I whipped out a bunch in no time!!!

How do you make the cake balls themselves??

Poured fondant can be a sticky icky mess. I would just do them in chocolate so they'd dry fast.

Here's a basic recipe--you can coat them in poured fondant if you want to, but they are already very sweet.

Cake Ballsâmakes about 60 small or 36 large

  Cake Scraps equivalent to about 2-9â round cakes
  1 cup icing
  1 1/2 lb Chocolateâcoating or tempered

Mix crumbled cake and icing until well blended and uniform. Form into balls and chill or allow to sit until set. Cover in coating chocolate or tempered chocolate. Decorate if desired.

or Rum/Whiskey or other liqueur balls--I kind of like these better, because they are not quite as sweet.

Rum/Liqueur Ballsâmakes about 60 small or 36 large

  Cake Scraps equivalent to about 2-9â round cakes
  1/2 cup Apricot Jam (if you like them stronger you may omit the jam and add more liqueur)
  3/4 cup Rum or other Liqueur
  1 ½ 1b Coating Chocolate

Mix crumbled cake, apricot jam and liqueur until well blended and uniform. Form into balls and chill. Cover in coating chocolate. Decorate if desired.

  Additions to either cake or rum balls:
    Add chopped and toasted nuts to the mix
    Add candied fruit to the mix
    Add coconut to the mix

HTH

Titia

You can barely see on the cake ball in the very back of the picture there is icing or something sticking it to the ball. Melted chocolate or royal icing probably would both work

Titia

In www.cakeJournal.com you can learn both about poured fondant and thouse flowers too She has the cutest cupcakes on PF, very similar to those cakeballs

And if you like making cakeballs, maybe you'd like to look at Morganacake photo page here in CC. She makes all kind of things with cake balls

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=allby&uname=morganacake&pageID=1

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=allby&uname=morganacake&pageID=2

If you are loving cake balls you have to check out this site, she's like the queen!

[url]bakerella.blogspot.com[/url]

You may have to page back, but she is a true artist!