Need Ideas For My Sister's Birthday Cake....it Will Be My...
Decorating By aprilcake Updated 7 Sep 2007 , 6:05pm by Larie
I want to make my sister a beautiful birthday cake unlike any she has had before, which were basically sheet cakes...i would love to do a simple round two tiered cake with fondant maybe...heres the catch...it will be my first tiered and fondant cake....so any tips of what I should do that will make it look awesome but wont be too hard and tips on the tiered part and fondant part would be awesome....any pics or directions would be awesome too!
Thanks,
April :0)
How about doing white fondant to cover your cakes and then make two or three colours of fondant and cut out accents (like circles or squares) and arrange them on a cake. I did a three tiered like this a while back and it looked pretty cool. The pics are in my gallery. It wasn't difficult to do and the girl was very happy (it was a sweet 16 cake).
i'm still scared of fondant, so i'll be no help there....but my cakes in my photos are buttercream smoothed to look like fondant, most all of my cakes are simple (maybe time consuming) but don't take i BIG BUNCH of talent b/c i don't have what alot of people on here have, so if i can help u, let me know
there is a pink & black fondant i did for my sis b-day in my photos & it was a fondant nightmare 
I agree with LisaCB about the white with diffent colors on it. Circles are the easiest and use her favorite colors or fav color scheme.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=58621
this cake is great for fun factor!! I think any sister would love it. The circles on the top are dried on 18 gauge wire.
If you are doing a 2 tier 6 inch and 8 inch I simply ice the cake with buttercream and then put it in the freezer for a few hours to get the corners really hard. Roll out the fondant about a 1/4 inch or more and put it on the cake and smooth. I don't have any great examples for this but there are many on the internet. I then cute of the bottom with a pizza cutter and your done. when you are ready to stack put about 6-8 regular straws in the bottom layer. put a small amount of butter cream down and then put on the smaller layer. Now you are ready to put on the circles and you are ready to go.
If you have more questions please let me know.
Good luck!!
I have done fondant myself but never buttercream. I have used marshmellow fondant and found it fairley easy. My suggestion would be to make a large enough recipe of fondant that you could practice with some on a box or something first. also you should choose a design that is forgiving and you can easily cover any mistakes. Good luck
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