Cake Endeavours

I haven't done a lot of fondant work lately as my style has changed and evolved over the past few years.  Also, the fondant I really liked is no longer available in Canada.  What I use now is great for covering cakes, it is not great for making decorations.  It can be really frustrating to work with.  I really wish I had taken a close-up picture of the lettuce/cabbage I did as I was really happy with how they turned out.  They should have been at the front of the cake.  Ha!  I did learn that the border around the cake board is called Greek keys.  I didn't know that they even had a name.  Of course, they have a name.   Originally, I hadn't planned on putting grass around the bottom and vines up the fence but as I was piping out the grass on the top my piping bag burst.  Icing was all over a portion of the fence.  Two lessons learned; one, stick with the more expensive piping bags and two, decorate the top first then the sid...

For this cake Adam and his brother-in-law were each celebrating their first Father's Day and so a special cake was requested with a BBQ theme. The recipe I used for this cake:  Bailey's & Guinness Cake I followed the recipe for the cake, ganache and buttercream making it a 6 layer 8" cake.  For the grill and food I used fondant and shaped them appropriately.  They came together rather quick and easy.  To make them more realistic I used some food colouring with vodka (makes the food colour dry very fast and the alcohol evaporates).  Finally, added grill and char marks. Both fathers enjoyed the cake.  My father was super jealous.  Good thing his birthday is coming up so I know what flavour it will be.