Piano Music Cake
This one felt a bit like a challenge. Someone showed me a picture of a music themed cake. Even if they didn't ask if could make it, I felt like they had. Challenge accepted. I started out by frosting a cake dummy with vegan American buttercream on a round cake board covered in gold craft paper. Then I covered it in white fondant. And trimmed it to size. Then, using a fabric ruler and the back of a knife, I added lines along the side of the cake. Then I cut black strips 1.5 cm wide and 7.5 cm long. I rounded the corners and placed them on the lines around the cake. I continued this around the side of the cake in a piano configuration. Then I cut very thin strips of black fondant and laid five lines along the top of the cake. I twisted one thin strip into a treble clef and rolled other into music notes. Then I made some dusty rose fondant using a bit of red and brown food coloring mixed with white. I rolled it out and cut out a LOT of small circles. And I made a few small roses to p...