Morgan's Cakes

Fondant Monkey

Here is an up close of one of the fondant monkeys I made for Kai's birthday cake. I think he turned out pretty cute. I used the book Sugar Animals by France McNaughton

My Little Kai turned two in February and he LOVES monkeys. So I decided to make him a monkey cake. The cake barely survived until it was time for the party. When I turned my back he attacked the cake and stole the 3rd monkey and ate it! So, this is the patched cake after he attacked it. Can you blame him? Everything on the cake was made by hand with fondant.

Here is my cute Kai.

Modeling Chocolate

How to Make and Work with Modeling Chocolate

Modeling Chocolate is really easy to make and it is really easy to work with.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

16 oz chocolate melts

1/2 cup corn syrup

Melt chocolate

Add 1/2 cup corn syrup

Stir together, I poured it out onto wax paper

you will end up with something that looks like this:

I know, it looks a little gross

but it is like a big tootsie roll

Once it is done cooling wrap in saran wrap until ready to use.

Then you can work your magic. I used this modeling chocolate to make a tree for a Halloween cake:

Step 1: Made a base our of wire and floral tape

started putting the modelling chocolate on

Step 2:

Kept adding modeling chocolate until it looked right, shaped it and shaded it.

See, it is really simple to make and work with! Have fun creating new things with modeling chocolate!

Halloween Cake Pops

Here some cake pops with halloween colors. Simple, yet pretty. Inside is vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, some are chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream.