I saw this cake last night under cake galleries...events...new orleans show...
I really want to make this cake. Do any of you guy have a clue on how she may have covered these odd shaped "cut cake peices??? I don't want to copy this cake exactly, but I do want to use this as a major part of my inspiration...
I couldn't go to sleep last night, I was up for about 2 hours thinking of a cake I could make similar to this and how to do it.
I would imagine its fondant with piping for the detail, like the filling and jam...
Yes, I think the piping would be the easy part at that point. Details are fun for me... But what's not fun is figuring out how in the world to cover a triangle shaped cake, without it getting bunched up or wrinkled in bad places... then it also looks like she has more layers of seperate colored fondant on them. I'm wondering, would I have to cover fondant with more fondant? I would do whatever it takes.
....I am bound and determined.... HELP!!!
That is spectacular. Of course, this is WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY beyond my skills. I'm just here to go oooooo and ahhhhhhh. I can't wait to see what you come up with!!
Angie
How cool is that! Looks like she just cut out portions and covered them in fondant. She has a tendancy to roll out those squiggly lines in fondant but I have seen her pipe some portions of her cake.
Aw heck! Just email Collette and ask her 
I would lol
Lazy_Susan
P.S. Good Luck. Can't wait to see it when you are done.
ParisMom, you can cover any shape with fondant just like normal. Just roll it out big enough. How fun!
I have several of Colette's books and she does put fondant on top of fondant in some of her designs. It looks like the top piece is the slice out of the layer below. The other pieces are also just cut out and decorated to look like cut pieces. I am with you, I would love to do something like this and my mind just starts frantically (sp) trying to come up with a way!!!!!
Well, I guess my biggest question is this: I can see how she covered it. The more I think about it, I think I could do it no problem... BUT what about how there is different colors of fondant on the sides and top? Could it be buttercream on the side of the cake wedges? I see she has given it texture as if it were really the 'cake' on the inside.
See the front piece? The pink/blue? Well I can't figure out if I should cover the whole thing blue like that and then put a side of pink to make it look like the cake inside.
I am confusing, I know...
How would I contact Collette if I wanted to? LOL
This cake was most likely made on dummies for the show so it was easy!!! I would think you could make a dense cake, cut it then freeze it. That would probably make decorating easier. I have decorated a "slice" of cake but I crumb coated then star tipped it. No fondant on that one.
I have several of Colette's books and she does put fondant on top of fondant in some of her designs. It looks like the top piece is the slice out of the layer below. The other pieces are also just cut out and decorated to look like cut pieces. I am with you, I would love to do something like this and my mind just starts frantically (sp) trying to come up with a way!!!!!
OK thanks! That was my biggest question! I guess it will just have to be fondant upon fondant. I think this is going to be my most time consuming cake yet! I am trying to come up with something spectacular for my daughter's birthday in July (yes it's far off) but I think big and want to plan for that now! I am a big planner. 
It does look like fondant upon fondant. The pink part actually looks like it may have been sprayed pink. Maybe you could do the whole cake in white. Spray the colors on that you wanted and then cover the top and/or sides in another piece of fondant. (hope that makes sense)
I have to think that the colours are done but brushing or spay on. As someone said earlier, cover the entire peice white first.. then add the colour and detail.
I think she has one of these in her books. I'd look at her birthday cake one and cakes to dream on. I'd bet money there's a cake like this in there. Its not the exact same one, but it's similar.
Well, there's not one in Cakes to Dream on. Maybe you could try and cut the fondant to the shape of the sides and incorporate the seams into the decoration.
Just look her up, I'm sure she's in the book. I'm sure she's not doing anything this close to the weekend. LOL.
How about just cutting out fondant and laying it where you want like wallpaper. I've seen Mike do it, I can't imagine why you can't?
Ok... I have another question...
See how she draped the fondant over the cakes, as a top layer of design? Would you cut out the 'flowing icing' before you put it on the cake? I hope I am explaining that right..
Ok, like how it looks like the icing is drizzling down the sides... Should I lay that fondant over the top and cut around the sides after it's on? Or cut the 'icing waves' before I lay it on the cake. I'm wondering how it would smooth and fit if I cut it before...
This is truely a fabulous cake...I can't give any advice on how to do it though, as I'm just a cakemaker wannabe right now. I just enjoy looking at the pictures and reading the forums. Can't wait to see your version!
Ok... I have another question...
See how she draped the fondant over the cakes, as a top layer of design? Would you cut out the 'flowing icing' before you put it on the cake? I hope I am explaining that right..
Ok, like how it looks like the icing is drizzling down the sides... Should I lay that fondant over the top and cut around the sides after it's on? Or cut the 'icing waves' before I lay it on the cake. I'm wondering how it would smooth and fit if I cut it before...
I've never tried anything like this. Perhaps you could cut your basic shape a bit larger, then apply, then trim as needed?
Here is another Collette mystery. I am dancing around many ways I may go about the first cake. Like I said, I'm taking this and that and making my own version. Well, my own version is going to have some random cupcakes here and there, kind of like her cake wedges. I want to do both. It would be really hard to explain what's in my head for this cake I want to create. I don't know if my skills are where they need to be but I'm going to have to force my skills to be where they need to be.
Here's the deal:
The cupcake at the top... I imagine I could construct that using a jumbo muffin tin then top the muffin shaped cake (after I flatten the surface) with a half mini ball shape cake, like the wilton pan. Cover each in fondant... but I'm wondering how she made the top of the cupcake look kind of buldging at the sides. Maybe it's just bunched up fondant shaped smoothly on the outside. I may have answered my own question.
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