Creative Cake Recipe

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"If you have patience and strong hands, ready for kneading, I suggest making the fondant yourself." Whether you use store bought or homemade, this artistic cake will get rave reviews. Katie Molitor, Cedar, MN

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Creative Cake Recipe

Prep: 2 hours

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

Two-layer cake of your choice (9 inches)
Frosting of your choice (in a pale color)
White and dark brown ready-to-use rolled fondant
New paintbrush
1 tablespoon clear vanilla extract or water
White pearl dragees
Fresh strawberries

Directions

Place cake on a serving platter; spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake (save 2 teaspoons frosting for decorating cake).
Roll out white fondant into a 16-in. circle; place over cake. Smooth top and sides of cake; trim excess. (Keep unused fondant wrapped in plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out.)
Roll brown fondant into 16-in. x 4-in. rectangle; cut with a 3-in. x 2-in. diamond-shaped cookie cutter. Dip paintbrush in vanilla; lightly brush over a diamond. Secure diamond to side of cake. Repeat. Decorate with dragees, securing with reserved frosting. Top with strawberries. Yield: 12 servings.

Originally published as Creative Cake in Taste of Home April/May 2010, p23

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Reviewed on May. 31, 2010 by nancylee10

Is there a recipe for fondant close by? This cake takes a little work, but it is worth it as it is beautiful and delicious. Yes I would make it again.

Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2010 by momis

why the hell r u callind taste of homes?SIMPLE??? dah no way is this simple

Reviewed on Apr. 15, 2010 by rnesbitt

I made a strawberry cake and tinted some of the fondant pink. I used heart shaped cookie cutters and attached the pink fondant hearts to the cake as instructed. It was beautiful, tasty and a hit!!!