Balloon Cake
A beginner-friendly fondant cake that decorates a spherical cake into colorful balloon shapes, with customizable letter messages.
Ingredients
white ready-to-use fondant
36盎司
Food coloring (red red, Christmas red, royal blue, lemon yellow)
Letter/number cutter molds
Buttercream (for frosting)
Curling ribbon (yellow, red, blue)
每种颜色2英尺
Sports ball mold
Instructions
1
Prepare the cake
Prepare 3 half-sphere cakes, smooth the surface with buttercream
2
Color and cover
Color 12 oz of fondant blue, yellow, and red respectively. Cover the cake with fondant
3
Make balloon knots
Roll out small amounts of each color of fondant, cut into 1.25 x 3 inch strips. Starting from one end, roll up, pinch the bottom tightly and wrap loosely to form a balloon knot; trim excess. Use a wet brush to attach to the cake
4
Add letters
Roll out white fondant to 1/8 inch thick. Use cutter molds to cut out letter messages. Use a wet brush to attach
5
Decorate
Cut and place curling ribbon under each cake as balloon strings
