Kayden's Sleepover Birthday Party

I spent the early part of today working on this sleepover cake for Kayden's 7th birthday. The cake is a quarter sheet, half chocolate and half vanilla. The cake was covered in Fondx Virgin White fondant. I have to say, after using Satin Ice fondant exclusively for the last few years, I had a very difficult time with the Fondx. It was much stickier and much softer than Satin Ice. It actually tore the first go round and I had to reroll it. I also had to roll it out on a dusting of powdered sugar, somthing I've never had to do before. I know there are cake decorators who swear by Fondx, but I'll pass.

All of the little girls heads and hands were made with gumpaste, including the eyes, noses and hair. I used Ballina gumpaste for the heads and noses (only because I already had it made in flesh color) and Satin Ice gumpaste for the eyes and hair.

The border on the bed ruffle and the quilt was made with an FMM Textured Lace Set that I purchased last year. I love this set. It's made of hard pastic and comes with four pieces. Three pieces are different impressions and one is the cutter that you fit into the grooves to cut out the excess fondant around the design. Even though the impression pieces are only about four inches long, they're made so you can keep moving down your strip of fondant making a continuous pattern.

FMM Sugarcraft located in the UK has some great products. So, I sent off an email across the pond to them today requesting information on establishing an account. Keep your fingers crossed...... With any luck we will be carrying some of their unique products in the very near future.

Please don't hesitate to forward pictures of some of your favorite projects along with some information on the products and tools you used. I would love to feature some of them on the blog and the website. Please send them via email as a jpeg attachment. Lets see all your hard work and creativity!