Natural Curl Baby Cake

This little Natural Curl Baby Cake is just as sweet as can be! Fun for a baby shower or a 1st birthday cake, this cute dessert can serve up to 45 people, so it's great for a party! Add one cute little lock of hair to baby's head, or add more curly locks to create a cake that looks just like your little one. Covered and decorated in fondant, this Natural Curl Baby Cake works up quickly and is a cinch to decorate!

AmountCake serves 44.

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Black Icing Color
Copper Icing Color (light skin tone)
Rose Icing Color
Buttercream Frosting
72 ounces Decorator Preferred White Fondant, 24 oz. Fondant Icing
cornstarch

Tools
8 x 2 in. Round Pan
9 x 2 in. Round Pan
Standard Round Tip 8
Fondant Smoother
Fondant Smoother White $6.59
Cake Board
Fanci-Foil Wrap
All-Purpose Decorating Gloves
Decorator Brush Set
4 in. Lollipop Sticks

Instructions

Feet, Ears

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One or two days in advance make hair curl: Tint a 2 in. ball of fondant black. Cut ball in half; roll one piece into a 1/4 in. diameter x 6 in. long rope and shape into curl. Insert lollipop stick into bottom of curl and let dry on surface dusted with cornstarch. Reserve remaining black fondant in plastic bag.
Prepare 1-layer 8 and 9 in. cakes for rolled fondant. Tint 48 oz. fondant skin tone; cover 9 in. head cake and 8 in. body cake. Smooth with Easy-Glide Smoother.
For ears, cut a 2 in. circle from cake board; cut in half and cover with skin tone fondant. For feet, trace pattern or foot cutter as pattern and cut from cake board; cover with fondant. Roll and attach fondant ball toes with dots of icing. Cut four lollipop sticks to 3 in. long; insert two each through corrugations in cake board ears and insert into cake.
Using 12 oz. fondant, roll out and form diaper; position on cake and cut to fit. Imprint belly button with small opening of tip 8.
Using skin tone fondant, shape arms; brush backs of arms with water and attach to body. Position feet. Position head.
Roll and attach 1/2 in. ball of skin tone fondant for nose with water; roll out and attach two 1/2 in. rose fondant balls for cheeks. Shape and attach black fondant eyes and mouth. Insert curl.