What can I say, I love cake, I love to bake them, decorate them, and I really love to see people enjoying and appreciating them. When my kids were little they got to pick any cake from the Wilton Cake Book for their birthday and I would make it for them. Back then I’m not sure, but I don’t think they had cakes with fondant, or at least I never saw them.
These are my first two attempts of cakes with fondant and I have found it to be a really fun medium to work with!
I made this cake for my daughter Athena before she went on her study abroad trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands:
I don’t remember the first fondant cakes I ever saw, but I really took notice the first time I saw Robin Martin’s work. She’s the decorator and owner of Gateaux Inc. and her work is amazing! This is the first cake of hers that I ever saw: