i think i got the hang of this! dinosaur cake

now that i think i’ve got the blogging basics down, i went and dug up another cake project from last year. here is my son’s dinosaur cake (first attempt). i used boxed cake…again! i think it tastes the best. i only had to use one box and made 2 round cake layers. then i cut one round layer in half and stood them up on the cut edge (with a little frosting on the base and in between for “glue”).

next i used my son’s dinosaur toy as a model and began carving the other round layer into dinosaur “parts” (legs, tail, head).

i used a wilton’s star attachment (the one you use for all of those character cakes) and white canned frosting tinted with green food coloring and covered the dinosaur.

for the plates on the back, i used those 100 calorie pack oreos. the spikes on the tail are a korean chocolate covered pretzel-type stick called “peppero” (i bought them at an asian food store). they are also called “pocky”.

final project.

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!