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Red and Black Floral Fondant Birthday Cake

I used pre-colored red and black Satin Ice fondant for this cake.  The flowers were made with a set of metal flower cutters.  I simply layered the flowers and added a bit of texture to them with a toothpick.

Quilting (Diamond Pattern) Tutorial for Fondant or Gumpaste

To get the above look, you’ll need an embossing wheel or a quilting marker.  Creative Cutters makes an excellent quilting marker.  This was my first attempt at quilting.  I used an embossing wheel alone and thus, the diamonds were not quite even.  So the next time I needed to quilt a cake I purchased a [...]