Tea Party Cake

This one is a very feminine, whimsical cake. One I've been wanting to make for a while.

I started out with four-inch round funfetti cake and stacked it with vanilla American buttercream.

 Then I crumb-coated the cake.

 And frosted it again.

 Then I rolled out some pale lavender fondant.

 And I covered the cake with it. But instead of smoothing it onto the cake, I left the folds in it and just trimmed it at the bottom so that it looked a little like a tablecloth.

 Then I cut out a square of white fondant.

 And pressed some flower texture into it.

 And laid it over the cake like a second tablecloth.

 Then I got out some gum paste. I rolled a ball. And cut out some small circles.

 I also rolled a snake of gum paste and formed a handle and spout of the tea pot.

 I placed one circle on the bottom of the tea pot and one on top to be the lid as well as a tiny ball to be the lid handle. Then I cut out four more circles and rolled four same-sized spheres.

 Then, using the end of a paintbrush, I folded the spheres around the end to form cups.

 I rolled out another snake of gum paste and formed handles for the tea cups.

 Then I placed the tea pot and the tea cups onto the table.

 I also made two square plates out of gum paste.

 Then I rolled a handful of small spheres with a gentle point out of red fondant and stuck a tiny piece of green to the top to make tiny strawberries.

 And I placed them into one of the plates.

 I had some dark red fondant that I used for the tea, pressing the tiny balls of fondant into the cups with the handle of a paintbrush.

 Then I cut out a few rectangles to be tiny little cookies.

 And placed them on the second plate.

 Then I mixed some gold luster dust with clear alcohol to make an edible paint.

 And I painted all the edges of the china with gold.

 I think this miniature tea party cake is absolutely adorable.

 Both my girls wanted to play with it.

 So tiny and elegant.

Watch me make this delicate cake on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/uBNWKQ4afWI
Schaut zu wie ich diese delikate Torte auf YouTube mache hier: https://youtu.be/-KJNR4CIF3E