My First Fondant Cakes.. Advice Needed (Sorry For Large Pix)
Decorating By 4theloveofcake Updated 7 Jul 2009 , 3:15am by Escaliba
hey everyone! i self-taught myself to work with fondant, and i thought i would post some pictures in hopes of receiving some constructive criticism.
i'm also in the process of making a 3d pirate ship cake for friday and i thought i would draw some lines in strips of fondant and color with brown gel with vodka or something to achieve the natural wood color. are there any other ideas or techniques that seem to work better? i really want the wood grain impression mat for fondant but i can't get it in time for friday unfortunately.
for the 3d cake that i have to carve, i made a butter cake which is actually pretty heavy and it worked well for the 3 tier wedding cake i made for my brother's wedding... plus it tastes amazing.. like moxie's white chocolate brownie! yummm..
i also want to make figurines for the pirate cake. i made the figurine for the toga party cake i did out of fondant because that was all i had at the time, and i had great difficulty making the arms, legs and head attach to the body. how do i do this without using water because it just doesnt seem to work for me. also, how do you put clothes on a fondant figurine because mine obviously suck haha. 
anyways, any constructive criticism about the cakes i've done and advice for the pirate ship i am currently making would be very much appreciated!
(sorry in advance for the quantity & size of the pictures)
fathers day cake 
hockey cupcake 
bowling cupcake
stanley cup rice krispy cake 
cheeseburger cake
gucci cake
ribbon rose cake (don't mind the sudden ending of one of the brown lines.. i did fill it 
golf cake
with a 'birdie' on the hole
toga party cake
toga party cake 2
pussycat doll cake
my brother's wedding cake
I love the hamburger one!
If you go ahead and post the pics in the
gallery, then everyone will be able to
add their comments to each cake
individually, so you can get detailed
feedback on each one.
I did a manual "quote" to get the above,
but your pictures are so large,
the entire post can't be read.
If you can edit the size or delete the
pics and add them to the gallery
instead, that would help.
(Manually entered with hard returns
so this will show up on one screen.)
For figures, try using gum paste. It dries much faster.
I love your cakes, you did a great job. I would def. post them in the gallery. I would love the to take a bite out of the 1st one, it looks so delicious.
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