This is the cake i made for my moms birthday. I have no formal cake training and just kind of started making them on a whim. For those of you who look at this and say there is no way i can do that, YES YOU CAN! Molding fondant is like playing with edible play doh and i know we have all done that a few times in our lives! And no i did not carve this cake, i have a t-shirt shaped pan from wilton which is retired but you can always find it on ebay for 15-20 bucks. Its a good investment and can make anything from baseball jerseys to baby onesies.
I baked two layers of the tshirt shaped cake, covered it with a crumb coat of icing and stuck in the freezer to let it set. While it was in the freezer, i rolled out the fondant ( i buy the ready made wilton kind so theres no measuring/ messing up involved) to a rectangle using my cake pan to measure out to the correct size. When the cake was ready, I rolled the fondant up loosely onto my rolling pin and draped it over my cake and worked it in until smooth. I used the leftover pink to make everything else you see on the cake. I died a small portion black to make the pen and stethescope and i used pearl dust to make the silver items. This was an EASY cake great for those just starting with fondant like me.
