Any advice on making mini cakes?!
Answers: My sister's bridal shower is in april and I would really love to make everyone mini cakes any advice? I have never worked with fondant before but I really want to atleast atempt it!
Check out the book The Confetti Cakes Cookbook by Elisa Strauss at your library or bookstore. They have ALL kinds of cake recipes in there, as well as mini cakes, with STEP BY STEP instructions for making them, and working with rolled fondant. I guarantee you'll be inspired by this book and it will make your mini cake-baking a little easier.
Buy the premade fondant as it is super easy to roll out. You have to knead it first to make it pliable and then simply roll it out and place over the cake (you have to make sure to have the cakes frosted first so the fondant sticks to it). Use a knife to cut off any excess fondant. Just roll it out enough to it is not too thick or too thin otherwise it will tear. You can buy an inexpensive fondant smoother at a cake supply or bulk food store that sells cake decorating stuff.
Regular fondant tastes yucky, especially the Wilton one.
Google marshmallow fondant. It's cheaper, tastes a million times better and is (for me, anyhow) way easier to work with. You will get messy while you're making it, unless you have a really heavy-duty mixer with a dough hook and you make it in there (I use my kitchen aid artisan mixer and it comes out beautiful, you've got to grease the bowl with Crisco really thoroughly before you start, and again in the middle of mixing).
Buy a nonstick rolling pin. They're not too expensive and you'll be glad you did, it makes it a million times easier.
Once your cakes have cooled, frost them with buttercream and put them in the fridge for a couple of hours. Then roll out the fondant for each one, drape it over the cake, smooth down to get out any bubbles between the fondant and the cake, and cut off any excess. The excess can be kneaded and rerolled for other cakes or decorations.
Fondant covered cakes will keep 2 or 3 days. Don't put them in the fridge when you're done, so be sure that any fillings you use don't need to be refrigerated.
Practice with fondant sometime before you make the cakes for the party, so you have a feel for working with it before you have an actual deadline.
Hi, it's a good idea to have a mini cakes for a baby shower, I saw somebody that made a cups cakes for a baby shower and it was to easy because she made the regular cup cakes and then covered with fondant and then put a heat like a baby and put a blanket it was very original, I can't remember the site but at least you have an idea, if I find it before you close the question I can find it for you. The fondant recipe it's to easy you only have to look for fondant marshmallow's recipe in the web and you are going to find a lot. Good luck.