Someone asked me to do a Mickey Mouse theme for their baby shower.. They wanted a cake and cupcakes. I was a little afraid to do a cake because every time when I normally make a cake it always breaks in half or is uneven. But I realized from the time I started, which was 5pm to the time I finished 3am I had a very exciting, challenging experience. I never made a custom cake before, I've mad cupcakes with fondant pieces but this was so different. I used red velvet cake for my fondant cake & red velvet & chocolate for the cupcakes.
When I first started to make the cake & cupcakes I was so busy thinking about making everything & the caios of the baby shower in the morning I didn't think about taking pictures half way through. But my base was just a round 9inch cake pan, with fondant I colored red & rolled on top. The second piece of my cake was my top & I'm making that with yellow fondant. 
After sliding out the top half from a pot I had I added a crumb coat, and started rolling out my yellow fondant. I never made a fondant cake before so I was very scared. I actually ended up rolling it pretty thin, I felt it ripping. But I ended up just hiding the holes. 
After sliding out the top half from a pot I had I added a crumb coat, and started rolling out my yellow fondant. I never made a fondant cake before so I was very scared. I actually ended up rolling it pretty thin, I felt it ripping. But I ended up just hiding the holes. I don't know why but I was really excited to do this part. It just got realer and realer the farther I got. I was just thinking, "oh my god I'm really doing this! This is crazy and fun!" But one small problem I had that didn't really bother me too much, but I cut the fondant too short, so it didn't tick under. But I ended up making like a little belt to hide it. 
In the meantime I actually made this first. I didn't get to take pictures as I went cause of course I forgot. This Mickey Mouse head is made out of rice krispy treats that I molded together, with all the sticky ness in the world. The ears are the same but I just flattened them & stuck it to the head. Rolled out black fondant & molded that to the head and ears. The one part I didn't like is that I could still see very clearly the texture of the rice krispy treats. I tried to smooth it out but it just made the ears flat & bigger.
Adding this gigantic head to this cake, (I promise it weighed Atleast a pound) it left a dent in the cake. As I started to realize I was almost finished I just felt the need to add more and more. Sooooo, I took some of the garnishes I set aside for my cupcakes & stuck them to the sides of the yellow cake. I added Atleast 5, you know how chefs love uneven numbers. 😏 but mostly I added the little Mickey mouses to hide blemishes on the cake. I didn't have too many, but it did make the cake look better. 
I took a couple of pictures of the cake, it just looked so cool! It looked like one of the cakes I see on Pinterest or Instagram & I tell myself "You can't do that, you're not that awesome." Well hey! Look self. I did it 😊😊😊😊 
P.s just added one of my old buisness cards to the picture so people know I did it!!!
In the meantime I actually made this first. I didn't get to take pictures as I went cause of course I forgot. This Mickey Mouse head is made out of rice krispy treats that I molded together, with all the sticky ness in the world. The ears are the same but I just flattened them & stuck it to the head. Rolled out black fondant & molded that to the head and ears. The one part I didn't like is that I could still see very clearly the texture of the rice krispy treats. I tried to smooth it out but it just made the ears flat & bigger.I took a couple of pictures of the cake, it just looked so cool! It looked like one of the cakes I see on Pinterest or Instagram & I tell myself "You can't do that, you're not that awesome." Well hey! Look self. I did it 😊😊😊😊 
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