The Sin City Mad Baker: New Fondant Critters

4.21.2008

New Fondant Critters

"Quills" the Porcupine

Monkey

Froggie

Ellie the Elephant

Spot

Bunnie

Piggie

Fondant figurines are perfect atop a cake or cupcake!

3 comments:

Melissa said...: I'm pretty new to the Blogging community, and I too am addicted/obsessed/In Love with cake decorating, sugar art, etc.

I was poking around on your site that I literally stumbled upon and was wondering if you could send me the chocolate cake & icing recipe? It sounds wonderful and I'm dying to try it out.

Thanks and please take a peek at my site as well: Cupping of the Cake

Thanks!!!

Melissa :); 2:58 PM
The Sin City Mad Baker said...: Hi Melissa,

The most simple chocolate cake to make is to use a devil's food chocolate box mix, 1 small box of instant chocolate pudding, 4 chopped squares of Baker's Chocolate (any type of chocolate you prefer), 1 cup of sour cream, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup of oil, 1/4 cup of Kahlua, 1/4 cup of water (or you could use 1/2 cup of Kahlua(or if you don't want to use Kahlua, use 1/2 cup of strong coffee....Mix well and bake 16-18 minutes on 350 for cupcakes, and 20-25 minutes on 350 for an 8" cake....You have to test out the temp on your oven..these are according to my oven's temp:)

***I usually bake everything from scratch and have several recipes that I use*****but the recipe above is a great place to start:)

I use a very simple chocolate icing...5 cups of confectioner's sugar, 3/4 cup of cocoa(I mix my cocoa and powdered sugar together first) , 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp of butter extract, 1/4 tsp of almond extract, 1/2 cup of vegetable shortening, 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, and 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sour cream....cream butter, shortening, sour cream, add extracts...add cocoa and sugar, 1 cup at a time, making sure to scrape down the sides...I also mix in at least 2-4 tablespoons of milk.

I can't wait to hear what you think!

-Vicky; 8:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!; 7:37 PM

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Who is the Sin City Mad Baker?

Aug. 2006, I left a 6 figure job as a District Sales Manager for a leading supplier of interior design products. On the surface I had success...awards and the financial trappings that come along with success....but on the inside, I longed for creativity, fun and breaking free from corporate slavery.

While visiting a local bookstore in July of 2006, a vision out of the corner of my eye caught my attention. It was Debbie Brown's little red book, "Naughty Cakes." Amazed at the wonderful things that could be done with cake it turned out to be my introduction to Sugar Arts and the first of many books purchased over the years.

I quickly enrolled in classes at Joann's Fabrics and took Courses 1 and 2 in cake decorating. The classes were not moving along fast enough, so I made a decision that would open a magnificent new world to me. I signed up to take classes at Wilton Headquarters in Sept-Oct 2006, and spent 6 weeks at their headquarters studying Wilton's "Master Course", "The Lambeth and Australian Methods", ""Intro to Fondant", "Intro to Gumpaste", "Sugar Artistry", "Gumpaste & Fondant with Colette Peter's" and finally "Advanced Gumpaste & Fondant with Colette Peter's.

The 6 weeks spent at Wilton laid a solid foundation and put me on a path which has lead to discovering new cake artists and studying with other cake decorating masters, including, Bronwen Weber, Norm Davis, Colette Peters and the one who sparked my career....Debbie Brown.

As a result of my new found passion, I enrolled in the Pastry Arts program in Aug. 2008, at the College of Southern Nevada, excelling in a rigorous program. In May of 2011, I graduated with High Honors. While attending school, many opportunities were presented, including the opportunity to open the Aria Resort in City Center as a baker for Jean Philippe Patisserie, working for the largest cupcakery in the country, and currently as a union baker for a prestigious resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

-The Sin City Mad Baker, February 2012

The Sin City Mad Baker