So at work last week, it was announced that we could host our own little Halloween party in the office on Wednesday. So we of course started up a list of food that everyone was bringing. I, without knowing really what I was going to do, wrote down Pumpkin Cake!
I had no idea how to make a pumpkin cake, or even where to start. But after coming home and digging through my supplies I came up with some decent ideas.
Sorry that the photos are lacking more of the process, like the Princess Cake, but I was having so much fun I kinda forgot to snap some photos. :x Also, some got corrupted. -_- Sorry! Enjoy, though.
Unsighly seam behind the cake. It was A LOT HARDER to put a rectangular piece of orange fondant over a sphere than I thought it would be. Lots of nasty creases and folds I didn't really want. Plus the seam. But hey it's a pumpkin right? It kinda works.
The front... Better looking. ;p
I had shots between the cake being covered and this point, but those got corrupted. I had a nice layer of buttercream beneath the fondant which allowed me to mold and shape it with my hands to become pumpkiny! Then I made some goofy eyes and a mouth. Cute, I think. ;)
Leaves, vines, and large stem added on top to finish him off. Last pumpkin in the patch, poor guy.
Side view of the above shot.Things to learn from this project:
- Covering spheres is harder. Maybe a circular fondant sheet would be better.
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