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This is a mini practice cake. It is a three inch cake. I wanted to try my hand at using my leaf press again, only this time, chalk the leaves as I went down the cake. It took 15 small leaves per row, and I did the top two rows in white. I chalked the second row ever so slightly, and then colored my fondant a little darker as I went down on the rows. Thanks for looking!

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lecie 7/17/11 at 7:32pm

Love it!

glow0369 7/17/11 at 8:05pm

This is the cutest little cake ever..I love it :)

funtodecorate2 7/17/11 at 9:29pm

I love it. :)

onems 7/18/11 at 1:33am

Lovely :D

Nadia38 7/18/11 at 2:37am

WOW !What a beautiful,It is unbelievably adorable !

galidink 7/18/11 at 2:54am

love it . realy nice work

Aunt_Goose 7/18/11 at 3:28am

Great technique, verry pretty!

KayMc 7/18/11 at 6:42am

What leaf tool are you using?

imagenthatnj 7/18/11 at 7:57am

Very unique!

LindaWolff 7/18/11 at 8:26am

Thank you everyone. It was such a fun cake to make. I had just purchased that tiny little cake stand the day before and HAD to have a cake to sit on it. lol!

LindaWolff 7/18/11 at 8:30am

@ KayMc The leaf press or plunger is by PME Rose leaf plunger and veiner. Comes in tthree sizes in the package and I used the smallest one..

faycakes 7/18/11 at 8:41am

i love it !!!!

cole10 7/18/11 at 11:27am

Are the leaves airbrushed? I love this! Great idea!!

LindaWolff 7/18/11 at 11:36am

@cole10 The leaves were colored with 3 different shades of green (forest green) and then as I added the leaves, I darkened the chalks as I went down the cake. I actually used navy blue chalks (petal dust) mixed with my darkest green for the very last row.

LindaWolff 7/18/11 at 11:39am

@cole10 I didn't dust each leaf seperately. I cut out 15 per row, then dusted those 15 all at once and added a little rose here and there, then

LindaWolff 7/18/11 at 11:40am

stupid comment place! Then added a bit of rose dust on each one and added those 15 before going onto the next row.

rainiebob 7/18/11 at 11:49am

Very pretty!

JuliaAnna 7/18/11 at 12:35pm

I love this design. How do you make the fondant stick to the sides of the cake so well. Do you just dampen each leaf with water?

LindaWolff 7/18/11 at 1:13pm

@JuliaAnna I have a small tub smaller than a butter tub that I keep in the frig with water and everytime I have some white fondant scrap that I would normally throw out, I put it in this little tub so that I'll be ready for my next cake.My 'glue' is pretty thick and sticky.

Nin55 7/18/11 at 1:54pm

Great job!

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