Easy Baby Cake (With Fondant)
Use this cake decorating tutorial to make an easy baby cake. All you need is fondant and few simple tools. Great for baby showers, gender reveals, pregnancy announcements or even kids birthday parties.
Servings: 6 People
Calories: 1048kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Funfetti cake Round, Dimensions: 8x2 each
- 3 cups Almond buttercream frosting
- Marshmallow fondant Brown, black, red, white
Instructions
- Bake cakes and allow them to cool completely.
- While the cakes are baking and cooling, prepare the frosting.
- To assemble the cake, place one cake on a serving dish, spread icing on top and place the other cake on top. Press gently and the ice the entire cake smoothly.
- Roll out brown fondant and spread it over the cake. Smooth it out with a fondant smoother. Cut off excess along the base with a sharp knife. This will be the face of the baby.
- For the ears, cut out two “moon-like” cardboard pieces.Make sure they are about the same size. Brush a thin layer of royal icing or corn syrup on these cardboard pieces and then cover them in brown fondant.Use tape or a glue gun to attach a toothpick behind each cardboard ear. Press these toothpicks on either sides of your cake.Now, your baby has ears!
- Our baby had lots of hair when he was born and I wanted this baby cake to have some hair too. For this, roll out black fondant into a “snake” form and then arrange it in a spiral shape. Push a toothpick into the base.
- For the nose, roll out a ball using brown fondant.
- For the mouth, cut out a black fondant circle, a red fondant leaf and two small white fondant squares. Use an edible marker to draw a line on the red leaf like I did.
- For the eyes, just cut out a “V” shape using black fondant and bend the ends downward.
- To put everything together, brush some water behind the mouth, nose and eye pieces and stick them onto the cake.
- Push the hair piece on the top of the cake and you are done. Enjoy.
Notes
- Don’t worry about all the white powdered sugar on the cake. I use this to prevent the fondant from sticking to my surface when I am rolling it out. Once you are done making the cake, you can steam the cake from a distance and the white marks will disappear.
- Try other cake and frosting flavors.
- I am brown which is why this cake has a brown skin tone but you can adjust that accordingly.
- You can use store-bought fondant instead of making it at home because it's quick and convenient.
- Use gel colors for tinting fondant. Do not use liquid food coloring which can turn it into a sticky mess. Instead of coloring fondant yourself, you can save time and buy pre-colored fondant.
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days but please note that the moisture from the refrigerator will cause the fondant decorations to become sticky.
Nutrition
Calories: 1048kcal | Carbohydrates: 192g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 1135mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 145g | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 3mg