50 and Fabulous Cake

My Fabulous Mom turned 50 this past week so I knew I had to make her an amazing cake!  I made it two tier with a strawberry and cream cheese filling on the top layer and a chocolate and vanilla cake with oreo filling on the bottom.  For the fondant I use the brand satin ice.  If you dont have a lot of experience with cakes I would use a thicker fondant. Satin Ice is very thin which makes it taste better but it does tear easily.  The first time I used it I had tears everywhere that I was trying to cover up with butterfly fondant cutouts haha good times (NOT)! For the accents on this cake I added Gerber Daisies.  I like this Wilton Neon color fondant for flowers because it is really bright and gives it a nice pop. 

I use the Wilton fondant roll out but I was hating how it kept rolling back up and I was having to secure it with water bottles, crisco, and whatever else I had around me. Thats when my husband bought this board for me and we secured it with thumb tacs.  It has been so nice and I definintely recommend trying it.

I cut out two large gerber daisies for each flower

Next place it on the thin foam mat and roll the petals out with the ball tool.

Then, wet the bottom flower and stack them so they are off center from each other.

Using the gerber center in the upper left corner, place flour in it so the fondant does not stick.

Next take a small yellow piece of fondant and roll it into a ball.. Just work with it and make it as big or small as you would like your center to be and press your finger hard into the middle of it.

Next, wet down the middle and place it in the center. I put them in these flower holders to dry, they take about 3 days to dry, longer if you can.  If you look at my cake I only have one that made it because I tried taking them off to soon.  Hence the smaller flowers that are actually on the cake.

This is what my kitchen looks like during this process.. A complete and utter mess.

I cut out a "50" with the words "and fabulous," using the remainder fondant I had from the flowers.

To secure the "50" on the very top of the cake, I lathered piping gel on toothpicks then placed them onto the back of the numbers and let it dry.

 I covered the cakes in green and white fondant and stacked them.  Next I cut out this glitter fabric.  It was about $15 at a cake supply shop.  It is not edible but it really makes the cake look girly and fun.

The finished product below!!

My Beautiful mom before we cut the cake

And last a little extra pic of my friend E on the left and my cousin on the right.  We had such a fun night and the compliments I got on the cake made it even sweeter ;)