my pride and joy

this is my latest pride and joy. i tried my hand at making a fondant cake. i have made a few “frosting” cakes, but have always liked the look of fondant cakes. my brother got married in april and my sister-in-law asked me to make a cake for her bridal shower. here are a few pictures:

the cake is boxed betty crocker or duncan hines, or whatever.

the filling was a barefoot contessa recipe for chocolate mousse. the icing (you need icing under fondant to “glue it to the cake”) is Wilton boxed icing (you can use canned frosing from the grocery store).

the fondant is Wilton’s Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant (from a box!) (http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=710-2076&killnav=1) (soooo easy)!!

i bought the flowers from Wendy Kromer’s site (http://www.wendykromer.com/shop/index.php) for $28.

and the branches are pre-made, pre-colored icing in a tube from our local super market. gotta love it!