Bless Your Heart

So, I feel like my first fondant cake was a success! First I rolled out some white fondant and tinted it black then rerolled it out and cut out some daisies. Fondant is surprisingly easy to work with, although not the tastiest of cake coverings. So after cutting out black & white daisies (17 of them) in different sizes I glued them onto the white fondant covered cake with marshmallow fluff. Everything was going along nicely until the flowers started to slide. So I called my neighbor in a panic and she raced over with some toothpicks. I skewered each of the daisies and topped off each flower with a dot of icing to cover the pick. I made the cake almond flavored with a cream cheese & marshmallow fluff filling and from scratch almond flavored buttercream icing under the fondant. It’s not as clean and neat as I would have liked, and I was in a rush at the end, but I’m still pretty pleased. And here is the final result:click to enlarge all pics. Everyone liked the cake. Morgan had some girlfriends over and we had to dole out instructions before eating- don’t eat the black icing (stains your teeth), don’t eat the white fondant (tastes like cardboard and play doh), and beware of the 17 tooth picks. Papa said my cake was “like a white turtle. Can’t eat the shell, but the inside is tasty!” Here’s the birthday girl and her cake.