Cake Painting

I was at Michael's last week in the baking section, saw the edible markers and thought - I've never seen anyone do one-stroke painting on a cake! I have Wilton icing colours and unused brushes...

...and decided that painting on fondant by itself would be kind of dumb; might as well bake a cake.

So in terms of making the cake, I cheated with box mix and ready-to-go fondant, but seeing as all I really wanted to do was to paint anyway, I don't care all that much (Though I did swirl some food colouring through the batter...will try to remember to take a photo once we cut into it.)

It's different but not all that different, painting on fondant. I found it annoying that I didn't have white icing (haha, I rely on my Wolfe white a lot it seems) and it was the first time I'd used these icing colours, so I didn't really know how they'd go together.

Also - this is my first fondant cake EVER - I had no idea how or if the fondant would fall flat on the sides!

Anywho - pix!

I am in love with your cake!

You have taken the cake, pardon the pun... sorry, couldn't help myself.

Your first fondant ever? It looks flawless. You have got to be happy with that. The colours are so vivid and dynamic, and your artwork is gorgeous. I think you have just started a trend, and found yourself another niche. I hope find a way to make money from that idea, because it's great. Thank you for sharing it... I am inspired.

PS. I have tackled fondant icing on a few special occasions, so I can appreciate your result. It really is very, very good!

that is lovely!

You should visit and post this on the cake decorators forum. There are other "cake" painters out there in the abyss!

pretty!

Kristal that is freakin' awesome! And I speak as a (former) professional baker and cake decorator!! You could easily charge a fortune for that.

That's what I was thinking! The cake is lovely & well worth paying for on looks alone! How'd it taste?

This is BEautiFUL! I do cakes too, I prefer buttercream- but have painted on fontant and I just use vanilla as my liquid- it is very similar to painting with watercolors or facepaints too! As for white- I agree! it bugs me that I can't buy white food coloring. If I am doing a dark cake and need a white highlight, I just use buttercream. but it's not the same! Anyway, your cake is fabulously pretty!

i luv luv luv it! looks so fantastic and i love the fact that the flowers can be painted on instead of heaps of buttercream.

Kristal....luvluv luv it. Thank you for you have just given my what I am going to do for my daughters birthday next Sunday

well done Kristal

ohh yummy and beautiful! what a pair! great job!

Fantabulous Kristal your cake looks amazing. I with Shannon & Linda you could make some serious $$$$ with this girl.

Kristal....awesome. Custom cakes are really hot where I am at, and I haven't seen anyone who does something like that. You should post it on your sight for a ton of money and see if anyone bites on another one. Hey hey you could get paid to do more fun painting

wow, what a great idea!! Beautiful design too

That is gorgous! You could seriously make a fortune! I generally pay between 85-150 for birthday cakes. They are two tiers, but don't look anywhere near that good! If you were near me, you would totally be hired! AWESOME!