OK, now where were we? Oh yeah! This weekend I did my first dog cake! I spent way too much time on it and if I do it again, I will not make the same mistakes I made this time!
I will tell you one thing - I am now in love with Fondarific!! I have used it in the past to cover small cakes, but nothing as complicated as a carved dog. I found that I could roll it thinner than regular fondant, which is nice. It was super stretchy, resisted tearing, tasted great, and didn't get the first wrinkle! When I really got to checking, it's not even that much more than the fondant I normally use! I sat down last night and ordered a boatload of the stuff!!
As far as how this bad boy is put together, there's 80 eggs worth of eggs in the marble pound cake that makes up the body and neck on this guy (he's on a 36 inch board). The support system was really just a PVC pipe running from the board up through the neck and then a cake board that held on the styrofoam head. Oh yeah, the tail, legs, and feet are all made of crispy rice treats.
I have already heard back from the wedding planner and some of the wedding party... old Smokey was a big hit at the wedding!!
wow! Smokey is so cool!
ReplyDeleteJen, I am the one who has to thank you. Your post was awesome. I love your dog cake, this past weekend I went to NY to take a carve cake class and I also made a dog, it is a yorkie puppy. I really want to get my hands on Fondarific also, I use satin ice but I have heard really good things about Fondarific that is making me want to buy some.
ReplyDeleteWow Jen!!! Smokey looks fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW This is one fabulous dog!! Smokey looks awesome!! I wish i could get my hands on fondarific..but it's only satin ice and bakels here. :(
ReplyDeleteI ordered my Fondarific from Global Sugar Art. Also, if you have a Michaels craft store, use a coupon and try some of the new Duff fondant. It seems very similar to Fondarific.
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