Anyhoo, I have something fun to share today. Not a recipe per say, but a fun way to play with food.
My sister got married about a month ago, and her theme was penguins. She really, really loves penguins.
Really loves penguins.
And she wanted her cake to look like a big ice hill with penguins playing and sliding and otherwise looking adorable on it. She found a cake topper on Etsy, and then asked me to make a whole bunch of fondant penguins to match. I agreed, though I wasn't sure exactly how this would all work out. But it would give me a chance to play with all the fondant tools I bought when I took the Wilton Method fondant and gum paste course a few years ago. I also made my sister help.
Fortunately for me, Wilton makes rolled fondant that's already dyed black. Otherwise it would not have been fun tinting white fondant.
We started off by making all the bodies. Sixteen of them. Most standing, but three sliding on their bellies.
Then we formed all the teeny tiny pieces and parts. Tummies, eyes, wings, beaks, and feet.
I made a fondant glue (a pea-sized ball of fondant dissolved in 1/4 cup of really warm water) and started assembling. And three hours later - voila! Penguins! (Sorry he's so blurry!)
Sixteen dang adorable penguins of all kinds!
They sat for a week to dry. Then we brought them to the baker who was making the cake, and he arranged them on the cake. And it looked awesome.
