Hearts of Blue Cake
This Hearts of Blue Cake is the perfect cure for your wedding or birthday celebration! Using the marbled fondant technique, you can create colorful fondant hearts that look like they're made of stone or granite. We used teal for this cake, but you can marbleize fondant using any color combination you like! You can see this cake and many more in the How to Decorate with Fondant Shapes and Cut-Outs kit, filled with lots of tutorials, inspiration and even a few must-have tools to make your treats shine.
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Skill LevelBeginner
Ingredients
Favorite Cake Mix or Recipe
Decorator Preferred White Fondant, 24 oz. Fondant Icing
Creamy White Decorator Icing, 4 lb. Tub
Teal Icing Color, 1 oz.
Sky Blue Icing Color, 1 oz.
Tools
Non-Stick Cooling Grid - 14.5 x 20-Inch - Cooling Rack
Fondant Roller, 9-Inch
Performance Pans Aluminum Round Cake Pan, 8-Inch
Measuring Mat
Heart Fondant Cut-Outs Set
Decorator Preferred 13 inch Angled Spatula
Instructions
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- Tint fondant. Divide 4½ oz. fondant into 3 equal 1½ oz. portions. Tint one portion each light, medium and dark teal using color combinations provided. Combine Teal and Sky Blue icing colors to get light, medium and dark teal colors shown.
Marbleize fondant. Roll remaining white fondant into 6 in. log. Repeat with light, medium and dark teal fondant. Using marbled fondant technique, marble fondant.
Using fondant roller with purple guide rings, roll out marbled fondant. Using smallest heart cutter, cut out 100 to 120 hearts.
- Bake cake. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool two cake layers. Level, fill and stack for 4 in. high cake. Ice cake smooth.
- Decorate cake. Place hearts in vertical lines around cake.
Notes
How To
How to Make Marbled Fondant
This subtle color treatment is an easy way to add richness to your cake. You can marbleize using white fondant with icing color or blend together white fondant with our pre-tinted Fondant Multi Packs.
