Fondant and Fon-don't

Oh Fondant you're a love hate relationship.

I make my fondant homemade and you can buy it but making it is soooo much cheaper. The thing with making it is it's messy and difficult. These are some pictures from a girls 16th birthday. My 2nd fondant project. There is something definitely wrong with my fondant. I don't think I actually kneaded all the powdered sugar in. So make sure you really try to get 5-6 cups of sugar in your dough. Here's the recipe.

Homemade Fondant

1 Bag of generic mini marshmallows

1/2 cup of crisco

2-3 tsp of water

6 cups of powdered sugar

You microwave the marshmallow 2 minutes, stirring at 30 second intervals. Let cool a little (just a little) then add any color or flavoring. Use a toothpick to add color and never put a used toothpick in the color, sugar makes you color shrivel up and get all nasty in the container.

Crisco up a wooden spoon or silicone spatula and stir in 2/3 or sugar.

Crisco up your countertop and hands and slap that dough on the slab. Knead in the rest of the sugar. Wrap in plastic wrap and store in fridge when you're ready to use. You can microwave it for about 20 seconds to warm it back up to use.

When rolling it out, use cornstarch on your countertop and rolling pin.

Mizzy's Soundcraft

I have 3 sisters, no brothers. We aren't your stereotypical girls, but then again is there really a stereotypical girl in 2010 anymore? As a child I grew up catching spiders, playing in mud and my father taught me to shoot a child-size bow and arrow by the age of 8. Don't get me wrong I had my barbies too, but I was usually outside throwing them in the mud.

Even into adulthood I didn't fit the mold. I loved mixing sound for bands, editing videos, playing with electrical stuff, graphic design and building stuff. So does my sister Missy. So for Missy's birthday I made her a Soundcraft Mixing Board. Inputs, outputs, monitors, EQs, all a girl could want.
Although I'm proud of the idea of this cake, I wish I could have spent more time on it. Having a 4.5 month old on your hip while you're trying to pipe isn't the easiest but I got'er done. Happy mixing on the board and in the bowl!