Take A Look At My First Mini Cake
Decorating By peacockplace Updated 17 Apr 2005 , 6:59am by midwestmom
Thanks to all of you who helped me with the mini tier pans! I love them. The little cakes turned out so cute. I'm thinking of a million uses for these little pans. Here is my first mini cake....
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It took me a couple of hours to do this one. I already had the flowers made. I'm really slow at decorating though. I'm that way with any project. I agonise over every little thing. I guess that's why my scrapbook is two years behind. I spend too much time one each page (LOL) 
peacockplace
Wow, I love it, it is so pretty and girly! Wonderful job you did there, my oldest daughter would want that cake!
Hugs Squirrelly
Thats awesome! How long does it take to get that good? 
Its a very pretty cake. I wish I could just bake a cake like that now! Im gonna have to practice, practice, practice! lol ( I sound like my mother)
Where can you get the mini pans? Your cake looks great!
Hey newbie...I'm flattered! I just started working with fondant in the past year and just in the past couple months started trying thigs that were really detailed. I have lots more to learn and so much to perfect. I just play with it when I get the chance. I learned how to make the flowers during CSI. i just sat down with the directions and some fondant and went to work. I'd love to learn how to do the incredible gum paste flowers I have seen people do on this site.... always something else to learn.
luceymoose, I got the pans off of ebay. I got a set of 5", 4", 3", 2" and three boards for like $15. Don't you just love ebay!
Beautiful!!! You have done a wonderful job!!
It's so lovely- and the roses are to die for!!!
That's gorgeous! I love it! I need to get some mini tiers so I can practice and not have SO Much cake around.
Hugs,
~Angel Wendy
Hi - I love your mini-cake!
I just ordered to 4-pc set and I have a question....
when tiering cakes this small, do you still need to use cake boards and dowels between the layers? Or are the layers small/light enough to get away without them?
Thanks!!!!
Hi Peacockplace! That cake is beautifully designed. I love all the details on it. I am hoping that I can manage working with fondant cause my right hand gets tired if using for a long period of time. I use a wrist brace which gives me support. Is it really hard to work with fondant? I had plan on buying the already made kind and just roll out and work with it that way. Is there a book that I can follow step by step? Thanks! 
AngelWendy, that's why I got the little ones too. I could practice and not have to use so much mix, eggs, ect... I gave this one to the girls at church last nigt. I've been eating way too much cake lately.
MindiBrad, I'm not sure. i had the same question. i didn't use cake boards or dowls and it help up fine, but it was just for a couple of hours.
2cakes, i love working with fondant. It's like using play dough. i love seeing what I can create. i found the directions for the rose on the wilton site under techniques. There is also a wilton flower set that comes cutters and a book. It's for gumpaste, but i have used fondant with it and it has worked. I still want to try gumpaste, but haven't learned that yet.
peacockplace
hi galaglow, yes it is posted in the gallery under weddings, then mini cakes.
Just wanted to add this, any stacked cake that is meant to be served separately and is a few tiers stacked one on top of the other, should be dowelled and boarded. Also regardless of the size, you need a good strong cake base to support all three tiers. Fondant weighs a lot.
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes
Thanks squirrelly, I'm glad to get an answer on that. Since I was making this cake just to try out some techniques amd take some pictures. i didn't hassle with it, but if i make one to be served I'll do it right. 
I appreciate the reply!
In most cases with cakes, you can get away with stacking a two layer cake on top of another two layer cake, if it isn't being transported and you don't have to worry about removing the one cake to serve them both separately. I do this often with a doll cake or a character cake on top of a sheet cake, as long as the cake is a dense one. But to serve them separately, well you get a mess on the top of the bottom cake.
But with the three tiers you are better off with the dowels and boards.
However it is generally recommended to always board and dowel whenever you are putting two separate cakes, one on top of another. Heehee, that is the official stance.
I put a wondermold on top of a single layer petal pan cake and never have any sinking issues, I just frost it all like it is a layer cake, with buttercream in between the wondermold and the single layer cake.
But for the topsy turvy or stacked cakes, because of the height of them, among other things, you are better off stacking them with dowels and boards in between.
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes
Wow peacockplace ...you're cake is so pretty... I really whant to try fondant ( the MMF one ) but i'm scared...I hope that mine will look 1/5 as good as yours...
Btw , what is CSI ? Is it the tv sho ? And where did you get the instructions you used ?
( If it the tv show...that means that i"m ok...but a sec I thought it was a other thing to learn ! hahaha )
angelkiss013... LOL Yes, CSI is just a tv show. It's about crime scene investigators. I printed the instructions for a fondant rose from the wilton website. Then I sat down with my fondant and played with it while I was watching the show.
Thanks for the compliment! I love marshmallow fondant. But I can't get the large recipe to turn out, so I always make the small recipe. For the ribbons and stuff I just played around with it and taught myself.
Does anyone know if they make mini pillars that would be to scale for the smaller size cakes? If so, where could I get them? Thanks!
~AngelWendy
What a lovely little cake! I sooo want those mini tire cake pans! I can see that even the little ones can take hours!!! Again, though, it's beautiful.
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