Fortuna League Promotion Cake
Disclaimer: This cake is not affiliated with the soccer team Fortuna Düsseldorf. It is published with permission of Fortuna Erstklassig, the designer of the t-shirt that served as inspiration. Fortuna Düsseldorf is my husband's favorite soccer team. He's been a fan since he was a child and is a true, die hard fan. Last year they played so well that they moved up from the German second league to the first league (Bundesliga). To celebrate, I decided we needed to make a Fortuna cake. Since this wasn't for a particular event, but rather for us, it was an opportunity to try out a new recipe. I tried a recipe for strawberry cake. I also flavored the buttercream with strawberry jam to make strawberry buttercream. I filled and frosted the cake with the strawberry buttercream and covered it in red fondant. Then I smoothed the fondant and cut off the excess. I noticed, however, that my fondant had a couple of little holes. I needed to repair the...