TMNT Cake

Last weekend I had the pleasure of making a teenage mutant ninja turtle cake for a 3 yr old's birthday.  

This is only the 3rd fondant covered cake I've made and I think it turned out great but you be the judge!

The buttercream layer before smoothing

Nice Side

Not so Nice Side

This pizza is BY FAR my favorite part of the cake.  The only thing I would do differently next time would be to make the pepperonis lighter and paint them with the darker pinkish red to speckle them.  I adore the black olives and green peppers.  For the peppers, I used my small butterfly cutter, halved them and then used that cutter again to define pepper slices.  

Finished product, sans pizza.  For the turtle heads I used modeling chocolate made with green white chocolate disks.  The masks are fondant.

The completed cake

The fondant I used was a marshmallow fondant.  I used a package of berry blue jello that I mixed in when the marshmallows were melted.  I did that step before I mixed in any of the powdered sugar.  I can't remember where I saw that tip but it was definitely not my idea.  If anyone knows where that originated please comment so I can give them proper credit.

The other thing I did for this fondant is incorporate the "secret ingredient" from The Artisan Cake Company.  Please check her page out, it really worked beautifully and the taste was great.  By the time I was done, it had a very faint berry taste.  I used a 1.5 lb package of blue Wilton fondant and didn't have to add any additional color. 

Also, she says in her video that you can use it right away and she's right.  However, the next time I will definitely give myself more time in between completion and delivery because you could still see some powdered sugar on the pieces.

Hope you enjoy.  I would love to hear any tips or tricks that others use on this type of cake.