This is my first attempt at fondant and I think it went pretty well. Since my daughter ONLY wanted a Barney cake I had to try to figure out a way to make one all on my own (I tried to get her to go for Elmo or Dora or ANYTHING else that has been popular in this Millennium so I would be able to buy something to use for the cake, but it HAD to be Barney). I used this recipe of off all recipes.com and also got tips off of the cake stylist and whats cooking America. After I made it and kneaded it, I put it in a plastic bag and put in the fridge until I was ready to use it later that day. I started with a cooled 13x9 cake that I leveled and then frosted with white frosting (from a can) and then put in the freezer to help it set and prevent crumbs (it was a chocolate cake...that is what she wanted). After freezing, I frosted it again to make smooth (I dipped the knife in a cup of milk while frosting which helped smooth it out). Then I tinted the fondant (which ended up with a entire bottle of red food coloring on the carpet, but that is a whole 'nother story) and then rolled it out. I used a picture of Barney that I printed off of a coloring page website and enlarged it and cut it out and used it as guide to cut out the fondant (be careful to not let the paper stick to the fondant). It was a little bit difficult to get it to transfer onto the cake (I finally just rolled out the fondant onto tip foil sprayed with Pam and then turned it upside and tried to get it off onto the cake...I am not sure if this is a very "proper" fondant technique but it worked!) Then I just cut another piece of green fondant for his stomach and rolled small yellow fondant balls for his toenails. I did decorate the other parts of barney with regular black icing from a can. I also cut out circles from the leftover fondant to decorate it and my older two children rolled out some small fondant balls to put around the bottom. In the end, it was a hit!
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