Lazy Frog In The Pond

This adorable frog cake I completed for my uncle. The cute little frog is made out of half a marsh mellow and is covered in fondant. I formed the legs and eyes out of fondant also. His face I drew with edible marker. The cattails in the background are tootsie rolls on painted skewers; and the leaves, lily pads, and flowers are fondant. I used chocolate frosting on the sides to make it look like mud and blue frosting for water. Using my cake spatula, I made tiny ripples and waves in the water. Finally, I added the green border. Pretty simple!

Dragon's Attack - Castle Cake

I completed this cake for one of my younger brothers. My siblings and I love fantasy and adventure (Narnia's a favorite!), and often used to play that we were kings, queens, and knights. As a result, it wasn't too surprising that he requested this cake. Having never done a castle before, I looked up various ideas on the internet and then designed my own from there. The towers are ice cream cones: two flat bottom ones on the bottom and a waffle cone on top. I would suggest using sugar cones which are smaller than waffle cones. My small town store didn't sell them, so I had to break down waffle cones. Also, to glue the cones together I would suggest using royal frosting (sets up harder, makes a perfect glue, can find mixes at cake shops or recipes online). I used regular frosting and toothpicks. The waffle cones I covered in fondant tiles glued together with a little water. To make the tiles, I cut out fondant circles using the large end of a decorating tip.

The cake itself is 8in. round chocolate with gray frosting. Since I did not have a very small cake pan, the lower part of the middle tower is a plastic container covered in grey fondant. I used halved marsh mellows painted grey with food coloring for the top edge of the cake. The door, windows, and stones are all made of different shades of grey fondant. A graham cracker worked perfect for the draw bridge. One could always cover it in fondant, though, if they wanted to disguise the cracker. The chains for the draw bridge was the tricky part. Fortunately, one of my brothers had plastic Lego chains that worked great. I added the path with my leftover stones and added a green border and grass for some color. Finally, I used some of my brothers' knights and a dragon to make the scene come to life. I let the birthday boy and my little sister help with this cake, and I believe they were a little sad when it came time to cut the cake.


Tip of the Week: If you don't have black fondant and need to mix some, start out with chocolate fondant and then add black food coloring. The result will taste less of food coloring, unlike if you would start out with white.

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I apologize for not posting earlier. I've been super busy but having a blast. Here is what I have been working on recently:

These items are for a cake that my Grandma is making for my cousin. I stayed with my Grandparents for a week and helped my Grandma with this project. The french fry box is made out of fondant mixed with a little gum paste, and the fries were also created with fondant. To make the cup, we covered a small paper cup with white fondant and a red strip at the bottom. The stars we also cut out of fondant. Both of the McDonald's M's are edible images printed off of the internet.

The ball pit is my favorite part. We took a small box lid and covered it with fondant/gum paste. Sixlet candies made perfect balls. We wanted to put my cousin in the ball pit so we printed off a picture and cut him out. Finally, we put in the picture and added "i'm lovin' it" to the front.

Lastly, my Grandma made the slide also out of fondant/gum paste. Shortened straws made perfect legs. Eventually Grandma will add fondant chicken nuggets to our collection. When the cake is finally finished, I'll post the completed project.

Tip of the week: Mix a little gum paste with your fondant to help it set up harder.