Maddie's Birthday Cake, my first fondant cake!

So, finally the reason the blog exists... I had never used fondant before, until now. Marshmallow Fondant, try it!  I made my niece's birthday cake.  

Maddie wanted an Ariel themed birthday party, including an Ariel cake. It took me 3 days, 24 eggs, 10 pounds of powdered sugar, 7 cake mixes, 2 cups of oil, 3 cups of shortening, and a whole lot of exhaustion now.... but it looked pretty and she loved it! I am pretty darn proud at my first attempt to make a fondant cake(s)!

The top layer clam shell was strawberry icing and coconut cake.
The middle layer was triple chocolate butter cake with chocolate cherry butter cream, split in 4 layers.

The bottom layer was butter vanilla cake with strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream.

Clam shell top layer, Pink Coconut cake, strawberry icing, gold sugar and edible pearls

Vanilla Buttercream and Strawberry Cake, two layers because Mom said it didn't need to be four (even though the reason layer 2 is 4 layers was because she said it should be.... Moms are weird like that.)

Chocolate Cherry four layered cake, middle layer

The final product!

Miss Maddiecakes! I can't believe she's already 4!