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« on: May 04, 2008 10:53:50 PM »

This is a belated birthday cake I made for a friend of mine. She loves Darth Maul. It's my first time making/using fondant and my first time making a cake from scratch!

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I got the recipe for the cake here:http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/One-Bowl-Chocolate-Cake-III/Detail.aspx It's made using a 9"x13" pan. I simply cut it lengthwise.

Next came the frosting:http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Special-Buttercream-Frosting/Detail.aspx

My wonderful husband helped a lot with fondant. He rolled everything out, helped with the coloring, and kept me from getting discouraged when thing weren't going just right.  Grin

To make the fondant I used this wonderful tutorial by riverwatson: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=238211.0

My friend was so excited to try the cake that we forgot the candles! It was super yummy. We were all on a sugar high for the rest of the night.







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« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2008 11:03:39 PM »

Awww, how adorbale is this! And it looks tasty too, well done!
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« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2008 11:25:46 PM »

Great  Job!

Hope it was as tasty as it looks Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2008 12:30:04 AM »

The next best thing to getting Darth Maul himself for your birthday! Wink Looks great - clever idea!
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2008 12:57:11 AM »

Now this is cool!!! What a great cake esp. for your first time.  Great, fantastic group effort.
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2008 11:34:06 PM »

Thank you for the nice comments! I can't wait to make another cake.  Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2008 11:48:53 AM »

 Grin This is AWESOME! It looks absolutely flawless! It's like Ace of Cakes up in here lately!
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2008 02:22:01 PM »

It tasted really good. I'm glad that Jenn didn't get any pictures of me cause I was a little nutty after the sugar high.
I can't wait to make another cake.  Cheesy
 

Don't worry Jenn you'll get to make another cake soon...for me. Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2008 10:16:07 PM »

LOL, I love it! I'd like to see a Boba Fett cake next. Tongue
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« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2009 06:38:40 AM »

This cake is great!  The red looks really good!!  I made a huge mess the last time I tried red because for some reason marshmallow fondant does not like red icing jell.  I realized that regular red food coloring works and doesn't make the fondant "sticky" and now everything works out great when I need red.  I have to make a cake for my son's friend that will be quite similar to this one.  Thanks for the inspiration!!
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