DIY birthday cake

[poundcake]

My friend's birthday is Saturday. Shes having a party, and was going to order a big cake from Food City. But I convinced her to let me make the cake, and this is what I ended up with:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2698184703_76cefd7e48.jpg?v=0

I made my own marshmallow fondant and the little flowers are made of fondant. I had some left over, and there was a huge hole in the fondant. It's my first try, and tonight I'm going to make some more fondant and SIFT the confectioners sugar, and hopefully that will take care of the lumps. Let me know what you think!

[poundcake]

FYI: I forgot to level the cake, so it's extremely lopsided. =/

[Vampy]

I think it looks pretty. And vErY yummmmmmmmmmmmmy. *drools*

[Miss Heather Bunny]

: D so many birthdays right now, my boyfriends was on monday and today is my grandma's boyfriends bday : D i love cake and this one looks great. i tried a cake decorating class and its hard, this came out great, i love the color! :D
oh and can i have a piece?! XD

[cutestoneofall090]

oooooh! thats looks sooooo good! I wish I had some cake right now!

[Crazy_Lady1234]

that makes me hungry!
i heard fondant is really hard to use

[greenjulius3]

ohhh. have you seen the show ace of cakes on food network?? i love that show and it gives me a lot of inspiration too! i gotta try making my own fondant some time, i usually just buy some from michaels crafts.. haha. i hate to color it though, i wish i could air brush it! lol. great job anyway, fondant is really hard to work with!

[pegzoe]

i think it need not be level ... and u can also maybe make the lopsided as a feature ...

[poundcake]

The fondant was extremely easy to make. Just melt a bag of marshmallows with 2 tbsp of water and then fold it into about 2 cups powdered sugar. It akes awhile to get to the right consistensy (ha...sp?) but it really is worth it.

I made another cake with my friend. She wanted to make the buttercream and it turned out all lumpy, so much so that you could see the lumps through the fondant. I wish I had a picture.

[KoolKatKellie]

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............. :D