Thursday, November 19, 2009

New Moon Cake


I really enjoyed making this one!!  I am another Twilight fan, afterall!  This is an 8-inch round in vanilla butter, frosted in buttercream then covered in black fondant.  I added a red fondant ribbon around the bottom (there is a red bow at the back... not pictured... to hide the seam where the ribbon meets).  The orchid on top is made to look like the one on  the New Moon book cover.  I made it by first shaping a little white fondant to add dimension to the petals (like a rough flower-shaped blob, lol)... I then rolled and cut out the petals individually and gave shape to the edges using a spherical measuring spoon (pressing down along the edges to thin and shape the petal).  I added veins using a veining tool and painted the red on using a mixture of about 1/4 teaspoon vodka and 1/4 teaspoon red-red icing color (the vodka thins it just enough for painting with brush).  "And so the lion fell in love with the lamb..." is on top, "new moon" is on the front of the cake.  I hope the girls love it!

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