College Graduation Cake

Today I have this awesome cake I made for my friend Nikki's college graduation from Biola! (Yayyyy!). She had mentioned having a cake made and some desserts for family and friends at her house for after, so I asked if I could make her a cake. We both fell in love with anemone flowers when we saw them at a bridal show a year or so ago, so I knew I had to try and incorporate them somehow (We love bridal bouquets, shhh!). So I googled the flower and checked to see if anyone else had make something cute, and came across this image:

http://www.lefiores.com/images/2008/anemone-wedding-cake.jpg

Gorgeoussss! This was my first time making ANY sort of fondant flowers, and it was fun, but labor intensive too. I realize this cake is not at all themed for graduation, but some of those cakes can be cheesy, and we are not cheesy sorts of girls! =p



Here are the details of the cake:

Red velvet cake
buttercream frosting inside
marshmallow fondant (black, white, and pink for the cake)
black icing
floral stems
daisy cut out
bare hands!

I've never used my bare hands so much in baking! I had to mold the flowers myself to let dry out over the course of the week and mush the fondant recipe, IT IS STICKY and MESSY! But I'm overall really happy with the cake. I was sort of shocked I made it all on my own :)