Marzipan Forest Cake (From Martha Stewart Weddings)

I have been looking forward to this cake order for months! I had never used marzipan to sculpt before, but it was so easy! It tints really quickly, shapes well, keeps it's form beautifully and dries semi-hard overnight. I will definitely be using it all the time now for my decorating.

The only thing I changed was instead of making the mushroom stems from fragile sticks of gumpaste, I used toothpicks soaked in coffee then dried out. Easy!

This cake was from last year's Martha Weddings magazine issue.

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Comments (48)

PerryStCakes on 22 Aug 2005 , 6:13pm

STUNNING!

missnnaction on 15 Aug 2005 , 8:11pm

This is beautiful...your work is always beautiful.

justsweet on 14 Aug 2005 , 3:13am

that is really nice. you did a great job

sugartopped on 14 Aug 2005 , 3:13am

Beautiful!!

ntertayneme on 14 Aug 2005 , 3:20am

Just beautiful!!!

Mac on 14 Aug 2005 , 3:34am

This is a gorgeous cake!

jgclucas on 14 Aug 2005 , 3:34am

That is so pretty!

thecakegirl on 14 Aug 2005 , 3:46am

This cake is so great! I remember this from the magazine....im saving as a favorite!

tripletmom on 14 Aug 2005 , 4:25am

You do such wonderful cakes! Wonderful!

sue_dye on 14 Aug 2005 , 4:56am

Love this cake! you did an awesome job.

charlieinMO on 14 Aug 2005 , 5:04am

Great job!!

Godiva on 14 Aug 2005 , 5:42am

Lovely work Antonia!

ellepal on 14 Aug 2005 , 7:52am

OH MY GOSH!! I am in LOVE with the lady bug!! This cake is just charming!!

antonia74 on 14 Aug 2005 , 12:24pm

Yes, those ladybugs are my favourite! The bride asked for 4 of them on the cake, one on each tier...she said they signify good fortune?

missmersh on 15 Aug 2005 , 12:39am

Fantastic job!!! Just lovely.

thecakemaker on 15 Aug 2005 , 1:43am

Beautiful!

gotcake on 15 Aug 2005 , 2:15am

What can I say except Love it...Love it... Love it! :)

tcturtleshell on 15 Aug 2005 , 5:00am

Very pretty!

crp7 on 15 Aug 2005 , 5:37am

Wow!

Liliputienne on 30 Aug 2005 , 12:47am

Absolutely gorgeous! I've been browsing through your cakes gallery every single one of them amazes me!

heavenlycakes on 18 Aug 2005 , 12:18am

Great job!!! You should be proud - it came out fantastic! Another idea for doing mushrooms (if you're interested) is out of meringue. The tops and stems are piped separate, dried in the oven and "glued" together w/melted chocolate. Dust them w/cocoa. Plus, they taste great!