I was a lovely child.
Here's my Easter cake--or Jaci vs. Fondant Round 2.
Peanut butter cake. Peanut butter-cream icing. Filled with crushed peanut butter cups. Covered with marshmallow fondant.
It was supposed to be covered with CHOCOLATE FONDANT. (That's what the brown tree is.) I made normal fondant...added melted chocolate...and then it turned to shit. It crumbled and fell apart and I fought it with Crisco and water and corn syrup and finally--finally--got it back to playdough shape...
...only to have it turn too runny. I would roll it out, try to pick it up, and it would just rip and ooze off the rolling pin. WTF FONDANT?!? Gaaaahhhh!
This cake is totally made up with no plan whatsoever and kids screaming and pulling at my pants while I worked It is what it is.
The top tier is freakishly tall because I overfilled the cake pan and jammed too many peanut butter cups in the layers. And what's with the pleated fondant? It was starting to tear and...oh, hell. I don't know. It got mashed together that way and I tried to cover it up with a distracting branch. Because obviously. That works. *disgusted pause* Did I mention I had a baby climbing my leg?
11 comments:
I'd eat it.
hahahaha. I LOVE IT! I love that you are learning something new. I gag at the idea of trying new things. sewing, paint shop, you name it. I'm not big into learning these days. I blame the adult ADD, the fact is when I think about learning & trying I start to freak out lol.
I can't wait to see your next one!
Ps. do you really like the way fondant tastes? lol.
I'll having you baking my cakes soon!
oh, I just looked back and saw you are using homemade fondant, I think that's great!
I also saw someone telling me not to say bff in your comments and feel the need to tell them to go F themselves, incase they read this comment.
Remember, we are always our hardest critic.
I actually think it looks pretty damn good.
I'm just saying...
Krystle: The ready-made stuff is gross tasting. People usually peel it off and leave it on the plate. But it's easier to work with and looks fantastic--and some colors (like a good black) can't be homemade.
The homemade marshmallow fondant is much better tasting (no chemical aftertaste) and so far people are eating it. I think all fondant is SO DAMN SUGARY that it's hard to stomach more than a few bites. It's definitely a rare, special occasion type of thing.
I think it looks great, but even if it didn't work out the way you wanted, it's peanut butter cake with peanut butter icing and peanut butter cups....need I say more.
I think it's gorgeous - I know had I attempted that - even without the children climbing up my legs - it wouldn't look even half as good!
I have two words for you. Fondant sucks. I really really like the brown and blue colors of the cake though. Very cool.
First of all, it looks better than any cake I could make.
Second, after reading your description of the cake, I don't care what it looks like; I would eat it Homer Simpson style.
I think it looks great. I would have had a fiasco for sure. Was it good?
I don't think it looks half bad for a second attempt. I should try my hand at fondant... I think it's so cool!
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