Avril Lavigne Cake

So many things to do in so little time  , really how fast is it going . When I looked at my last post , I realized more than 10 days have gone since I posted so here I am . I was busy making cakes for the past couple of weeks and the one I am posting today was made for my niece who is a huge Avril Lavigne fan . The cake is Chocolate caramel cake with whipped cream and cream cheese frosting . The cake is covered in marshmallow fondant so here goes ...................

Ben 10 Cake

It was my nephew is a huge......huge.... really huge fan of Ben 10 and requested to make him a cake based on that . It was quite a challenge to get the colors right on this one and my arms nearly came off trying to get the fondant dark esp black . Whew... but finally I did it and it was worth it . He loved it and was quite excited seeing the cake.

                                                             ( I wish I was Ben 10 )


The trick to getting the fondant black was by making the chocolate fondant and coloring that black .

Race Car Cake Covered with Fondant

My friend and I had been waiting to make a car cake for a long time and finally we had the opportunity to make one .This was just a trial cake to learn and we were almost satisfied with the results  . It was actually pretty easy to make and hardly took any time so here goes.............

We made a square cake and cut it into a rectangle , save the pieces for other accents . The way we cut it is shown below and I hope you can make it out , I tried my best to photograph it according to stages .

The cake is again chocolate cake with nutella whipped cream frosting and is covered with Marshmallow fondant as always .

Fondant Ribbon Rose Cake and Red Heart Cake

I have been so lazy to post anything this week , I have to get going , really lazy to do anything . Blogging is one hard job , especially the photographs , I am really bad at it ( thank god for the picnik application ) if it weren't for the online photoshop I don't know what I would do . As I was going through the photographs , I realized that this cake was not posted . I had made this one for my cousin's anniversary , she wanted a small and simple cake so I decided to make this ribbon roses which are really easy , just cut the fondant into long and uneven strips and roll it up and that's it (quite easy right ) . Again the cake here is chocolate with ganache .

The next cake is also an anniversary cake for my cousin . I made this one a long time back , the cake is covered with marzipan and the bow is made out of fondant .

How To Make Marshmallow Fondant

Hats off to the person who thought of marshamallow fondant , I just love using it to decorate my cakes and it tastes absolutely yummy too and above all very easy to make because it's just marshmallows and icing sugar . This is good for people like me who can never get a smooth finish with butter cream , fondant is surely the way to go and not the sugar fondant , but marshmallow fondant . You can even get ready made fondant at the supermarket but believe me they don't taste good at all and since this is so easy to make and inexpensive too , then why waste your money .
 Many of them have asked me the recipe for this and the best thing there is no certain recipe , it is just melting the marshmallows and adding icing sugar till you get a nice pliable dough but I have decided to measure what I use for you guys .

The amount of icing sugar also depends on where you live , if you live in a hot and humid place like me then you will need a bit more than those who live in a cooler place . It's just that easy .

INGREDIENTS

150 gms marshmallow
500 gms icing sugar
oil for greasing

METHOD 

Lightly grease a bowl and add the marshmallows with a little sprinkling of water .
Microwave this for 30 sec.
The marshmallows will puff up .
Now with a greased wooden spoon beat the puffed up marshmallows and then you get a sticky paste.
Add the icing sugar bit by bit and knead it till it no longer sticks to your hand .
Grease the dough and store it in an airtight container .
You can add whatever color you want .
You can use this straight away but it is always better to use it after a day .
You can also store it in an airtight container for about 2-3 weeks .

TIP

You can also make chocolate fondant by adding 2-3 tbsp of cocoa powder to the melted marshmallow and then proceed to knead it to a smooth dough by adding icing sugar , it's quite yummy .
Another tip is that if the stored fondant seems dry , cover it tightly in a cling wrap or plastic and immerse in hot water for a while just to soften it ,taking care that none of the water gets in . Do not microwave it coz then you will land up with one hot gooey mess .

Fondant Handbag and Make-up Set Cake

This is something I made for my friend's li'l girl , she wanted a handbag cake with make-up set in her fav colors which is pink and purple ,which is no surprise as all girls love pink and purple except for my girl , she seems to hate pink ( I wonder why ) but purple is fine with her . I made the handbag with two 9 inch cakes , I cut them in half and put them together and the base is two 10 inch square cake .

Again the cake is chocolate with chocolate ganache filling and whipped cream frosting , everything on the cake is edible , it's all made with marshmallow fondant . The li'l girl loved her cake and her most fav thing on the cake was the sparkling  blush , she actually saved it and the rest of the make-up stuff she distributed among her friends ( now that was really sweet of her ) . I was so happy and thankful that it all turned out fine as I have no idea what I am doing , for me somehow it all falls into place , thankfully .

Fondant Shirt and Tie Cake

This is something I made for my hubby for his b'day and this was the most easiest one to do and also it looked almost like the real thing . Again used fondant here ( I am very fond of fondant ) coz piping really scares me , to get a clean , smooth look to cakes fondant is the way to go .

The cake is a tiramisu cake , vanilla cake soaked in a light cofee syrup and topped with mascarapone and whipped cream frosting  and white chocolate ganache .

Fondant Shopping Bag Cake

I had made this cake for my li'l girl's b'day ( who is not so li'l anymore ) , she loves to shop , window shopping does not exist in her vocabulary , she thinks the only purpose to go to malls is if we want to buy something .So I decided to make her a shopping bag cake which she and her friends seemed to like .

The cake again is the easy peasy chocolate cake which my kids never seem to tire of though I am quite bored of making it . Again marshmallow fondant here . I made a large rectangle cake and cut them in half and stacked them together and covered it with fondant .

Fondant Handbag Cake

I am just in the learning process of cake decorating and I really wanted to try to make the handbag cake and got a chance since it was my little niece's b'day . She wanted a small cake with her favourite colors which were pink and purple and she loves chocolate . I had actually planned on a different shape but it didn't work out as planned but the end result was satisfactory and above all else , my niece really loved it and the look on her face when she saw the cake was enough for me .

The cake is the easy peasy chocolate cake and a layer of vanilla cake with chocolate ganache filling and whipped cream frosting . The cake is  covered with marshmallow fondant ( the best thing ever).

I also have been honored with another award by my blogger friend Jasmol of http://oureyeseatfirst.blogspot.com/ and would like to thank her for thinking of me , if you have not been to her blog yet (which I very much doubt ) then please you have to go there I promise you , you will be hooked .

I would also love to pass on this award to 10 other wonderful bloggers as well , they are really great !!!
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http://ourcookingcafe.blogspot.com/
http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/
http://ildolcebacio.blogspot.com/
http://www.cakewhiz.com/
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