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Fondant 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Mixing, Rolling & Decorating with Fondant (Part 2)

Have you ever wished you could make a really professional-looking cake? This two-part series will teach you everything you need to know about how to make fondant for a fancy birthday cake. Here’s part two: how to make/roll the fondant and finish your cake. Give it a try! 

Have you ever wished you could make a really professional-looking cake? This two-part series will teach you everything you need to know about how to make a fancy fondant cake. Here's part two: how to make/roll the fondant and finish your cake. Give it a try! Note: This post includes affiliate links. See my disclosure to learn more.

Alright, everyone. I’m back with the next installment of my “Fondant 101” series. In part one, I described everything you need to know about preparing your cake prior to actually making and using the fondant. If you haven’t read that post, you’ll find it here:

Fondant 101 – Part One: Preparing Your Cake

Today, I’m going to get into the real fondant work. The SCARY part. But, once you’ve tried it, you’ll realize as I did that it’s really not that scary after all.

As my mom told me, “Fondant is like play dough for grown ups.”…

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Fondant 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Making a “Stellar” Cake (Part 1)

Have you ever wished you could make a really professional-looking cake? This two-part series will teach you everything you need to know about how to make fondant for a fancy birthday cake, starting with part one: how to prepare your cake. Give it a try! 

Have you ever wished you could make a really professional-looking cake? This two-part series will teach you everything you need to know about how to make a fancy fondant cake, starting with part one: how to prepare your cake. Give it a try!

Note: This post includes affiliate links. See my disclosure to learn more.

My baby turned two last week. I can’t believe he’s getting so big! He’s talking in sentences, running everywhere he goes, yelling “I do it!” 500 times a day, and has developed a pretty hilarious little sense of humor.

(Read more about why I actually think the “terrible” twos are a pretty awesome age.)

One of my favorite things about my kids’ birthdays is the excuse it gives me to make a fun cake. I know they would be totally content with simple cupcakes, and I fully accept that the cakes are more for me than for them, but I love the creative process of making a fun and edible representation of whatever it is that they happen to love at the time. For Little Man’s fourth birthday this year, I made a fun dinosaur world cake, and for Little Brother–who is constantly running around yelling 3-2-1 BLAST OFF!!!!!–we decided on a rocket ship.

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