i am scheduled to make an outdoorsy themed cake for an anniversary.. i want to include some foandnt rocks and some realistic looking butterflies.. any tips would really help!! thanks

here is how i do mine......say i want to do blackish color rocks.......i will make up some black some grey and maybe some brown.....i will put all of them together and start folding that and pulling it out till the colors kind of come together....(dont over mix or pull)...then i will roll them in to different rock sizes and then add some dents or shape with my fingers....

u can do that with all sorts of color combinations...good luck

Here is the link to the Cakecentral article for making butterflies;

http://www.cakecentral.com/article16-How-To-Make-Realistic-Edible-Butterflies.html

HTH!

When I need to use straight up brown fondant for decorations, I go for the wiltons colored fondant. I don't expect people to eat it. If I DO want it to be tasty, I use chocolate choco-pan. Coloring fondant brown is a PITA.
For rocks, I mix white and black fondant with my hands, in small (about golf ball size) bits until the white has turned grey and there are still black streaks marbled thru it. Then I pull off little bits and genlty shape into rocks. Very realistic looking.

APrettycake,
Thanks a lot.

I needed rocks for a project not long ago and I found candy rocks in various shapes, sizes, and color combinations at my local cake shop. I think I paid .10 cents each. I have also seen the container of them at Wal-Mart for about $5.00. It is in the candy area. I think this is so much easier than making rocks. Hope this helps.