This time I decided to work on my fondant skills making other things, in this case I made fondant roses. Like usual I had to shop for the ingrediants first, such as the fondant, cake mix, food coloring and fruit for the filling. I wanted to make white and red roses so I cut the fondant in half , kept one half white and folded red food coloring into the other one. Folding food coloring into fondant can get tiring just because I really wanted to get the color nice and even all around. I watched a few YouTube videos to see how other people went about making fondant roses without any tools, but in all honesty I learned how to make roses in ceramics class. To me fondant is much like clay, just a slight difference in texture. I began by making 8 little balls with the fondant. Then I flattened them into oval shapes with my fingers making them as thin as I could to make the pedals. It took me a while until I could get the hang of making nice even sized roses with the same amount of thickness. Since this was my first time I only made about 5 good roses but it still took long because it took me a while to get them perfect. I made 3 white roses and two red because I didnt make enough red fondant. My plan was to make more but it was taking longer than I thought just to make one. I placed these roses nicely on top on a two layered cake frosted in white homemade frosting. I decorated the edges of the top cake with my piping tools but nothing too fancy as my focus was on the roses. I hope to get some tips from my mentor on using fondant to make different things. My next goal is to continue to create more things with fondant to make them look realistic.
Time Logged for this session: 3 hrs
Total Time Logged: 10 hrs
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