Fondant
wedding cakes are beautiful works of art. They have been
popular in England and Australia for many years and are gaining more
popularity in America.
A fondant cake can be made as a simple cake with some fresh flowers and
ribbons, or more elaborate with filigree, lace work and flood work.
As a cake covering rolled fondant gives a softer look to a cake than
royal icing. It is usually placed over a marzipan layer which will stop
the color of the cake coming through.
Fondant icing can be used and decorated in many ways to achieve a
variety looks to a cake such as:
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Marbling
It can be
marbled to give a multi colored effect.
Several colors can be used to give a vibrant look, or just use one or
two soft colors for a delicate tone.
These mini cakes have a purple and white mable covering the sides of
the cakes.
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Crimping
Crimping tools
are similar to large tweezers with
patterned ends. Crimping is a quick and effective way to achieve
decorative edges and borders to rolled fondant wedding cakes.
The bottom edge of this cake has been crimped.
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Embossing
Special embossing tools can be used to decorate the
cake, but you can use any other patterned items such as cookie stamps,
cutters or icing nozzles to make an impression on the soft icing.
Embossed cupcake
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Modeling
Rolled fondant can be used to model almost any shape
that you can think of. Small objects such as flowers,
fruits,
vegetables, animals or what ever is going to suit the style of your
cake.
Little princesses made from fondant decorate the tops of these cupcakes.
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Cut
out Shapes
A variety of shapes and cutters can be used to
stamp out all kinds of colorful shapes for decorating cakes.
Colorful cut out shapes adorn this cake.
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Plunger
Blossoms
Special plunger blossom cutters can be used to
make dainty flowers. The cutter contains a plunger for pushing out the
delicate shapes once they have been cut out.
Plunger blossoms cascading down and around this simple
wedding cake.
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Frillsand Drapes
Rolled fondant icing can be made to look like frills and drapes around
a wedding
cake.
Gold swag drapes.
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Plaques, Flowers and
Shapes
A plaque, flowers and other shapeds can be
made from fondant icing it could be a simple shape or it can be made
more elaborate depending your desire.
Fondant icing has been used to make these colorful flowers.
Fondant Wedding Cake Pictures
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Here is a recipe for Fondant Icing for those of you
who would like to make your own wedding cake.
