I had to make a very special birthday cake featuring Elmo. When doing such things in the past, I've hand-drawn them with decorating tips. This time I decided to use rolled fondant. Fondant allows me to make complex shapes from a pattern. I can also make it before commiting it to the cake. When drawing on the cake you have to get it right the first time, an iffy proposition given my hand skills. Here is the fondant being prepared. I bought fondant in a box although it is quite feasible to make it yourself. The left bowl shows the yellow fondant for the nose to which I've already worked in the color. The bowl on the right shows the white fondant with the food dye added but not yet mixed. It takes a small amount of food dye, as with coloring icing. I always use a toothpick to add the dye. You mix in the color by kneading the dough like a ball of clay. It takes quite a bit of work to get an even coloring---thisis great hand exerc...
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