Happy Birthday EC!

When EC and I got married, January became the birthday month. First we have his Sister's birthday, the next day is my Sister's birthday, and then the day after that is EC's birthday. This year we were visiting our family during that January week, which meant I was making a lot of cake. I found a cake design that I liked, and after showing to to BFF, who told me it was too girly, I decided it would make a great joint birthday cake for EC and his Sister. Kind of killing two birds with one stone (or still being able to do what I wanted to) type thing.

This cake was so much fun to make because my mom and my sister helped me with all the flowers, circles, and stars and then EC's sister helped me put it all together. The top layer was yellow cake with a plum jam filling while the bottom cake was a chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. The whole thing was then covered with marshmallow fondant. The little decorations were all made from fondant too - good thing I took that Wilton Fondant Class!

There was a lot of cake, but then again there were a lot of people there to eat the cake - 16 in all I think. Next I will post pictures of my sister's cake. Be excited, it had a boa.

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Marshmallow Fondant

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1 cup mini marshmallows

1 tbsp water

1 1/2- 1 3/4 cup powder sugar

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Place marshmallows in a standard 1 cup measuring cup and push down and pack them in. Place in a microwave safe bowl and add the water. Put in the microwave for about 20 seconds. Just long enough for them to soften and puff up. Take out and stir with a spoon until it is combined well. At this point it looks kind of soupy. Then add the sugar and mix and fold until all is incorporated and it is no longer sticky. Knead fondant with hands. This takes roughly about 5-7 minutes. Take a fondant roller or a regular rolling pin and roll out just as you would Wilton's fondant. You can get this fondant almost paper thin and it also repairs well. It's cheap, easy to work with, and tastes great too.