by admin | Nov 20, 2013 | Adult Birthday Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Children's Cakes, Special Occasions, Weddings
Birthday Cakes – your questions answered: What is Fondant? Birthday Cakes can be created using many different types of ingredients. In this post we answer all of your questions about FONDANT icing. What is Fondant? Fondant is a type of icing used to finish wedding and birthday cakes. Traditionally it was only ever used for wedding cakes or Christmas cakes (usually a fruit cake) with a layer of marzipan (a dough made from almond meal) underneath. Here you can see the layer of marzipan underneath (yellow colour) and the fondant icing over the top. If you are interested in a bit more ‘wedding cake’ history here is a great article. Today fondant is extremely popular on both wedding and novelty birthday cakes for it’s perfectly smooth finish. It is literally a sugar dough which can be kneaded and rolled (much like playdough) and even sculpted into figures. It’s a very versatile medium that can be made into any colour. What is rolled fondant? Rolled fondant is what I use for my cakes.It is a manufactured product that is literally ‘ready to roll’ when you open the package. Once out of the packaging, the fondant is kneaded, rolled out with a rolling pin until smooth, placed over the cake, trimmed and smoothed. You can see on this cake the fondant is ready to be trimmed. What is fondant made of? The main ingredients in fondant are sugar and water. It also usually contains ingredients like gelatin and glycerin to make it soft and pliable. What does fondant taste like? Fondant tastes very sweet – like a soft sweet, chewy...
by admin | Mar 5, 2013 | Birthday Cakes, Children's Cakes, Special Occasions, Weddings
Here’s a little sneak peak behind the scenes here at Dreamy Cakes…….a typical week in my kitchen…. Lots of delicious butter and mud cakes come out of my kitchen oven each week in a variety of flavours. Our most popular flavours are chocolate, vanilla and butterscotch. Can’t beat the smell of cakes baking! Fondant covered and buttercream covered cakes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Fondant can be coloured virtually any colour. Make the sugarpaste pieces – these are usually made ahead of time to allow drying. This week we’ve got lots of differents pieces including sugar people, owls, flowers, wired stars and a sugar race car. Sugarpaste is a type of edible dough that dries firm and can be moulded into any shape. Decorate – my favourite part is standing back and looking at the finished product! Box ’em up – all boxed and ready for parties. Dreamy Cakes can make lots of different cake designs – whatever your theme we can create it for you. Give us a call 0405 136 562 or email...
by admin | Aug 6, 2012 | Birthday Cakes, Special Occasions, Weddings
Today’s cake is a 3 tier cake for a 21st birthday. 3 tiers of chocolate mudcake with chocolate ganache…..super yummo! With handcrafted fondant panda and exploding stars. This would also be a great design for a wedding cake with a different...
by admin | Jul 22, 2012 | Weddings
3 tier Wedding Cake The bride chose a different flavour for each tier – chocolate with hazelnut swirl, white chocolate mud and pink...
by admin | Jun 1, 2012 | Cupcakes, Special Occasions, Weddings
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by admin | May 20, 2012 | Weddings
3 tier wedding cake with vine...
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