Elegant Pearl Wedding Cake

Name: Elegant Pearl Wedding Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 3 h
Ingredients: 72 oz ready-to-use white fondant (for covering the cake); to taste buttercream frosting (see page 118) (for spreading the cake); 1 bag white candy melts (for adhering pearls); to taste white pearl dust (mixed with vanilla extract to paint the pearls); 1 each 6, 10-inch round cake pans (for a two-tier round cake); 117 (1/2 inch diameter) fondant pearls (rolled into small balls and dried overnight)

Two-tier round wedding cake, decorated with 117 strands of fondant pearls attached to the surface using frosting and melted candy.

3 hours

Easy

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Ingredients

ready-to-use white fondant (for covering the cake) 72 oz

buttercream frosting (see page 118) (for spreading the cake) to taste

white candy melts (for adhering pearls) 1 bag

white pearl dust (mixed with vanilla extract to paint the pearls) to taste

6, 10-inch round cake pans (for a two-tier round cake) 1 each

fondant pearls (rolled into small balls and dried overnight) 117 (1/2 inch diameter)

Instructions

Make Pearl Strands

Roll 117 fondant balls into 1/2-inch diameter balls and let dry overnight. Use a needle and dental floss to string the pearls into 6 strands of 12, 18, 19 (2 strands), 22, and 27 pearls. Tie knots at the end of each strand; trim excess floss.

Color the Pearls

Mix the pearl dust with a small amount of vanilla extract and paint all the pearls. Let dry overnight on a wax-paper-lined cake board.

Prepare the Cake

Prepare the two-tier cake for stacking following the method on page 116. Prepare the cake for fondant following the method on page 119; cover the cake and smooth with a fondant smoother.

Assemble the Cake

Place the cake on a cake stand. Use melted candy to adhere the pearl strands to the cake: the 12-pearl and 18-pearl strands at the base of the 10-inch cake, the 22-pearl strand and one 19-pearl strand at the top of the 10-inch cake, the 27-pearl strand and the other 19-pearl strand at the top of the 6-inch cake; let set.