For the non-raditional celebrant and us, her friends, what better than a Punk Rock Baby Shower Cake! This red velvet cake covered in fondant was my first experience with this sugary confection. I wanted the cake to have a punk-rock edge but also wanted to keep it elegant.
I used a soccer ball pan for the abdomen, two cupcakes for the breasts, marshmallows for the neck and shoulders and pre-colored fondant.
I baked the cake a couple of days ahead to allow for complete cooling and firmness. When the cake had cooled, I brushed off any excess crumbs before I applied a coating of sweet creamcheese icing. This icing will help keep the fondant in place. I rolled out the fondant on a firm cool surface with a rolling pin, about 1-2 cm thick. I immediately, but carefully, placed the fondant on the cake. A tip: fondant dries quickly so keep the unused portion in a plastic bag.
Items that I found most necessary during the preparation were: a cool surface to work on, a sharp knife, cornstarch to keep the fondant from sticking to the table, imagination and a large dollop of humor to ease off the frustration.
I kept a bowl of freshly made buttercream cheese on the side with which to dress the cake pieces. I just love icing!
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How cool You are so original.
hey, this is the cake she made for my shower! let me tell you it was both beautifully made and delicious (red velvet cake is one of my favorites.) I was so surprised and the cake was the perfect accompaniment to the punk rock baby theme of the party. thank you, April!
I would love to have ago at one of these as your’s is brill..where is the best place to get fondant from please.
how did you do the neck and shoulders?
I know you said you used marshmallow but I don’t understand how you shaped it
Laura- Thank you!
Laura-Thank you!
Sarah-Thank you for your comments beautiful momma! Baby Olive is just a beautiful and precious as you my dear friend.
It was an honor to make this cake for you. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised with the finished product and surprised that it could be so much fun to make!
Anonymous-I bought most of my supplies including the fondants at Micheals Arts and Crafts store in the “cake section”. Have fun!
please tell me how you made the neck and shoulders
Anonymous- I am sorry to respond so late as responses are not forwarded to my email. I hope I am not too late!!
Ah, the shoulder and neck, that was quite a conundrum. I used my best girl scout resourcefulness and a large dose of creative juice to accomplish this hurdle.
First I will tell you I didn’t plan this part out. When I began to frost the cake pieces in their anatomically appropriate places I realized I didn’t want to leave just the breast and belly, it just felt incomplete. I frantically rummaged through my pantry for anything edible that might resembled shoulders and found marshmallows. Oh, boy i was in trouble! (But, a light bulb *ding*ed)
Did I happen to mention that icing is magic?! Well, I placed my marshmallows longways and loosely formed the chest and shoulders. Then I plastered globs of icing to “connect” and “shape” the body, making sure that the final icing was as smooth as possible. The fondant was gingerly placed and with a light finger I carefully smoothed the body to accentuate the details of a collar bone and neck.
Somehow it worked! but next time I think I will bake a 9×10, cool it for a few days then with a shape knife cut out the neck and shoulders…and of course use loads of icing to sculpt. (of course this foresight didn’t quite make it when I hastily made my second cake #44. Dare I say, I used potato bread! LOL! There I said it!) Like I said in the past, a good dose of humor goes very far!
very pretty though i only use powdered sugar when rolling and using the fondant because cornstarch and fondant dont always have a good reaction together, just a little tip:)
thank you! i will remember this tip for the future! many best!