Masquerade

Black, White and Red Masquerade Cake. This is a 6 inch on top of and 8 inch on top of a 12 inch round. This is my first time doing the quilting look. The silver beads are edible. All the cakes are all covered in my first attempt at making homemade marshmallow fondant! The homemade marshmallow fondant was very messy to make. I got excited about making it because I thought when I was done with the first 2-3 batches and it was resting that this was going to be a winner?making my own fondant would be a fraction of the cost And most importantly...it tastes a ton better! You can flavor the marshmallow fondant with any extract and its softer than regular fondant. I even made a batch with a bag of Gingerbread marshmallows... I had and had gingerbread flavored fondant! But...the next day when I went to roll out the fondant and cover the cakes I found out quickly that its elasticity stinks - it tears very easy and does not stretch well at all! And I also found out you can only color it when making it not after it done like regular fondant. Last, its not nearly as smooth looking as regular fondant. Up close you can see what I would call pits in the fondant. Not an all over smooth look like regular ?Disappointing - to say the least. I will have to do some more research before continuing on with homemade mm fondant. Any thoughts link or advise would be appreciated. Sorry about the shinny glare in the photos, it was not this shiny.

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