TottenKing
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- Oct 16, 2005
My friend has a birthday coming up and she's having a party. I want to make a cake for her and I want it to be fondant (because they look so darn cool). I found this picture and thought about making something like it (though probably not quite SO ambitious)...
I've made multi-tier cakes before with buttercream icing so I feel pretty okay about all that stuff. Here are my questions:
1. What do you all think the letters are? Cookies with icing or marizpan? If they're cookies, I'm guessing they were made then cut with a small knife into the desired shape. (What do you think?)
2. Does marzipan get hard like candy and, if so, does the consistency hold so that you could make upright letters like that? From what I've read, you'd cut the letters out of rolled marzipan...is that right?
3. If I'm pretty good at cooking and baking, should I be able to manage the fondant on square cakes like that?
Remember, I'll probably keep it a little more simple than that one (most likely more simple on the stop). Really, though, if I can figure out the letters, I think I'll be good-to-go.
Thanks for any input you can offer!
I've made multi-tier cakes before with buttercream icing so I feel pretty okay about all that stuff. Here are my questions:
1. What do you all think the letters are? Cookies with icing or marizpan? If they're cookies, I'm guessing they were made then cut with a small knife into the desired shape. (What do you think?)
2. Does marzipan get hard like candy and, if so, does the consistency hold so that you could make upright letters like that? From what I've read, you'd cut the letters out of rolled marzipan...is that right?
3. If I'm pretty good at cooking and baking, should I be able to manage the fondant on square cakes like that?
Remember, I'll probably keep it a little more simple than that one (most likely more simple on the stop). Really, though, if I can figure out the letters, I think I'll be good-to-go.
Thanks for any input you can offer!