Ingredients 2 Decorator Preferred White Fondant , 5 lb. 2 Decorator Preferred White Fondant , 5 lb. 2 White Decorator Icing - 4.5 lb. Color Right Performance Food Coloring Set Color Right Performance Food Coloring Set Clear Piping Gel Ready-To-Use Gum Paste Gum Glue Adhesive Tools Performance Pans Square Cake Pan, 6-Inch Performance Pans Aluminum Square Cake and Brownie Pan, 8-Inch Performance Pans Aluminum Square Cake and Brownie Pan, 8-Inch Performance Pans Aluminum Square Cake and Brownie Pan, 10-Inch Performance Pans Aluminum Square Cake and Brownie Pan, 10-Inch Chrome Plated Cooling Grid, 14.5 x 20 Inch 10 x 14-Inch Rectangular Cake Boards, 6-Piece 10 x 14-Inch Rectangular Cake Boards, 6-Piece Plastic Center Dowel Rods for Tiered, 3-Piece Set Plastic Center Dowel Rods for Tiered, 3-Piece Set Plastic Support Rods and Caps, 14-Piece Plastic Support Rods and Caps, 14-Piece Cake Icing Smoother Cake Icing Smoother Fondant and Gum Paste Tools Set, 10-Piece Fondant and Gum Paste Tools Set, 10-Piece 20inch Rolling Pin Guide Rings Fondant Roller, 20-Inch - Fondant Tool Fondant Roller, 9-Inch Fondant Roller, 9-Inch Fondant Shaping Foam Set Fondant Shaping Foam Set Fondant Trimmer Fondant Smoother Roll and Cut Fondant Mat Roll and Cut Fondant Mat Flower Shaping Bowls, 6-Piece Flower Shaping Bowls, 6-Piece Flower Spikes 12 Pack Decorator Brush Set Gum Paste Wire & Tape Peony Gum Paste Cut-Outs Set Fondant Dusting Pouch Fondant Dusting Pouch Gum Paste Storage Board Gum Paste Storage Board Instructions Click to mark complete - NEEDED: See the Supply List for items you can purchase here, plus our Gum Glue Adhesive Recipe. Check out the Techniques tab to learn how to marbleize fondant and create a stacked construction. You will also need:Your favorite cake mix or recipe (54 cups batter needed)Ruler - Fondant to be tinted. Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount color formulas to tint fondant in the following shades: Light Purple: 9 oz. white fondant + 12P + 2BSouthern Sunset: 24 oz. white fondant + 9P + 3Y + 2RLight Crimson: 24 oz. white fondant + 1CReserve remaining fondant white - Two days in advance, make peony. Using white gum paste, make one wired peony following instructions in cut-outs set. Let dry following instructions. - One day in advance, bake and cool cakes. Use your favorite cake mix or recipe to make 54 cups of batter. Bake and cool three 6 inch, three 8 inch, and three 10 inch cake layers. Trim one layer in each size to 1 inch high to create three 5 inch high tiers. Fill and stack layers; ice smoothly. - Cover bottom tier in fondant. Roll out white fondant to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut panels to fit sides and top of 10 inch tier. Attach immediately.Helpful Hint: If icing has crusted, use piping gel to attach fondant to cake. - Cover middle and top tier in fondant. Marble approximately 1 oz. light purple and 2 oz. crimson and sunset orange fondant with approximately 6 oz. white fondant. To marbleize, twist colors together, then fold and twist again. Marbleize eight more batches using the same measurements.Roll out marbleized fondant to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut panels to fit 8 inch tiers and attach immediately. Repeat step for 6 inch tier. Reserve extra fondant. - Stack cakes. Use our technique for stacked construction. - Create ruffled cake border. Roll out reserved fondant from middle and top tiers to 1/16 inch thickness. Cut 16 strips measuring 10 inches x 1 inch. Using large ball tool and shaping foam, ruffle long side of strips. Use gum glue to attach first row, ruffled edge up, 2-1/2 inches from base of cake. Place next strip approximately 1/2 inch below last strip. Repeat for third strip. The final strip should run along base of cake. Repeat on all four sides of bottom tier.Helpful Hint: You can also use piping gel or a damp brush to attach strips to cake. - Create ruffled corner. Roll out reserved white fondant to 1/16 inch thickness. Using medium peony petal cut-out, cut 24 petals. Ruffle edges with extra-small ball tool. Using gum glue, attach one petal with ruffled edge up over bottom corner of middle tier. Attach second petal on right side of first and third petal on left side of first. Continue pattern up side of second tier, allowing petals to flop outwards away from cake. - Decorate cake. Insert peony with wires in flower spike into top tier. *The smallest tier is often saved for the first anniversary. Number of servings does not include smallest tier.
