Hi....our little miricle daughter (born 3 months early) is being babtised this weekend and I still havn't figured out what to do for a cake. I have seen some ideas using special cake pans but we don't have much money to go buying anything extra. Does anyone have any suggestions on a special cake design for a babtism cake?
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I think this cake is gorgeous for a little girl...........or if you wanna go the traditional route maybe do a tiered cake with a really pretty cross topper with flowers?
I have the directions..........it's really very simple.......just looks really complicated.
A baptism gown cake is simple and looks wonderful.
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I have some cakes in my photos that might work. There is a chocolate cake with a white cross that I did for a confirmation, but I've done this same cake for a baptism as well. It's very easy and doesn't require special pans. I used my 9x13 pan and it's two layers.
I also did the white cakes with the blue flowers around the bottom for a baptism. Something like this in pink would look really elegant.
I love this cake.....I've never done a cake though with this kind of frosting (donno what you call it).
Do you think that somebody who is not experienced with Fondant could do this cake. If so....could you give me directions on how to make this great cake?
If you decide to use fondant...I would use Satin Ice rather than the Wilton brand. The wilton tastes terrible and is harder to work with. You will need to get a good mat for rolling your fondant and a rolling pin. I like to rub a little crisco on my mat before rolling it out so it kind of sticks there before I turn it over on the cake.
After placing on the cake...you will want to use a fondant smoother to get out the wrinkles. I like to frost my cakes with buttercream first and then let the icing get nice and firm in the refrigerator before covering with fondant.
There are lots of different methods that people use...you just have to find the one that you are most comfortable with.
Good luck!
I'm not sure! you could have a practice go and see how you go at it. You might be able to use buttercream but Im not sure if there is a type of buttercream that would support the weight of the fondant booties (maybe a crusting buttercream?????)
I will try to get some instructions together for you, I have some visiters arriving now so I will send them to you later!
I would appriciate instructions.....I donno how on earth you make those cute little booties. Thanks a bunch.
If the booties are heavy...you could use some wooden dowel rods underneath to support them. Just a thought.
I saw a 'stained glass' cake in the 2004 Wilton book- all it was was a cross with stained glass made by randomly adding spaces of different colored piping gel. It looked amazing! You could do stained glass in baby girl colors. I'll try to find the picture tomorrow for you.
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Here we go, something like this. You could easily do a smaller outline of a cross, too, for less gel.
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Congrats on the new baby!
The following link shows how to cover a cake in fondant...
http://www.cakecentral.com/article22-How-To-Cover-Your-Cake-in-Fondant.html
To make the booties, colour some fondant to match your colour scheme, roll a long sausage shape and cut it in half so your booties end up the same size. take one half of the sausage and bend it up at one end. push a small rolling pin into the upturned part and make a hollow. pinch the edges to thin them out and give the ruffled effect. shape the toe end to be rounded and smooth with the palm of your hand. I decorated the ends of my booties with a pulled filler flower and some royal icing swirls. The laces are just done by rolling a thin length of fondant and wrapping it around the bootie sticking it on with sugar glue then adding a small bow on top to hide the join. I also made a small pink circle and put it inside the bootie so when you looked down into the bootie it looked like the base was pink. The booties are sitting on a gumpaste plaque.
The butterflys are made using gumpaste and a small butterfly cutter. I added extra detail to my butterflys by pressing one of my leaf veiners onto it as well as using tiny silver cachous for the body.
The flowers around the sides are just small pulled filler flowers made of fondant with tiny cachous in the centre. The green "vines" between the flowers are piped royal icing.
The writing was done using FMM brand letter cutters that are made in England.
I think that just about covers everything! If you have any questions you can send me a PM, I'm happy to help.
Sandra
Oh and congratulations on having your little girl!
Thank you for the directions.....I will go out this afternoon and get supplies and try this out....I hope it turns out ok. I hate to bother you for more information but how do you make sugar glue and royal icing? I found a recipe for gum paste but donno if it's a good one. What do you mean by pulled filler flower? Thanks a bunch.
I just did a baptism cake for a friend. I used a sheet cake and on top i used the mini bear pan and made him into an angel with wings and a halo and put little pink flowers on the cake...I am also new at cake world..Good luck in what you do..God bless your little girl.
suger glue - water with gum trag. (just water will work to stick down the laces on the booties)
Royal Icing recipe link
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Recipes&sort=recipename&sort_dir=ASC&op=search&chname=X&chingredients=X&searchtext=Royal+Icing&cat_id=47&x=45&y=7
Pulled filler flowers are hand made from fondant without using cutters. any small flowers would look nice for this cake.
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