Sunday, January 6, 2013

My Cake-a-Week | The Cake Girl

Well, my cake a week project is well under way.  I have posted my very first cake of the year on my Cake-a-Week section here on my Blog.  I am very excited to be able to share my cakes & my journey of experimenting different cake flavors, styles, fondants & buttercream.  In this weeks project I made a simple made-from-scratch white vanilla cake with plain vanilla buttercream & home-made MMF {marshmallow fondant}.

Making home-made MMF is something I have been wanting to try for a long time now.  I have only accustomed myself to using the Wilton store bought fondant because this is what I used when first learning in my cake classes.  Of course, store bought is easiest, but the taste is not so great.

SO, with my first cake of the year I decided to try a new recipe that I found on Cake Central, one of my favorite cake websites to learn some great inside information from professional bakers to homemakers who bake for families & friends.  When I started putting together the ingredients I first thought to myself, 'WHAT in the world was I thinking??!'  But then once I got my hands in the bowl & starting kneading the marshmallows & the sugar, shape started to take form.  I also found out that Crisco is my best friend when using my hands!

Listed below are a couple photos I took of before & after...  It could have been better, but for my first try with home made MMF, I think it turned out pretty ok.