Cake: ready for the oven
Cake after it was baked.
Buttercream frosting. YUM.
Cake layered and frosted and ready for fondant.
Mixing fondant attempt 1.
After it mixes for a bit it turns white then gets hard like dough.
Eventually you can knead it into a dough and roll it. This batch might have worked but I couldn't roll it out and therefore couldn't drape it over the cake.
This pic features my lovely Hubz helping knead the fondant.
Fondant attempt two. Note the use of a candy thermometer this time.
Although I followed the directions perfectly... this attempt was worse than the first. I was so discouraged I didn't even finish taking any more pictures.
Next time I will use a different fondant recipe and again hope for the best.