My Cake School

Cake Tutorials & Recipes

  • About
  • Recipes & Tutorials
  • Newsletter
menu icon
go to homepage
  • About
  • Recipes & Tutorials
  • Newsletter
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • About
    • Recipes & Tutorials
    • Newsletter
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • ×

    Home » Blog » Blog Tutorials » Themes and Occasions » Seasonal & Holiday » Fall

    Breast Cancer Awareness Cake- The Best Gift will be a Cure~ Blog

    October 5, 2013 By Melissa Diamond 13 Comments

    12 shares
    • Share
    • Tweet

    Hi everyone!- Today we created a cake tutorial in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. We have all been touched in one way or another by breast cancer...whether personally or through someone that we love. Today's cake is a simple one, but for those of you who are looking for ideas for various fundraisers and events this month, I hope you find it helpful!

    First, I frosted a 6" square cake (3 layer) with a basic crusting vanilla buttercream. Here I am doing the "Viva Paper Towel" method of smoothing...my favorite way to smooth my frosting! Use your frosting method of choice, but remember, we want it smooth if possible! ;0)

    IMG_2306

    Next, I tinted some fondant (with a little tylose kneaded into it to firm it up) with Americolor Deep Pink coloring gel. Gum paste would be great for this also. I then rolled it out to approximately ⅛ inch.

    IMG_2311

     

    Next, I used an acrylic ruler as my guide to cut out strips of fondant ribbon for what will become our gift cake.

    IMG_2313

    I placed a strip of fondant on each side of our cake, to make it look more like a gift.  I trimmed off the excess at the bottom.

    IMG_2330

     

    For the loop, I cut about 12 inches worth of our fondant ribbon . You can see in the photo that I used bits of torn paper towel to hold the loop in position as it dries. It's best to do this at least a few hours in advance to allow things to start to firm up.
    IMG_2325

    Next, I made a little oval "Hope" tag for the center of our loop. I used mini clay letter embossing set for this--very easy!  I dusted it with a little dry pearl dust and placed right onto the bow (glued with a little piping gel or frosting.)

    IMG_2329

    For our wrapping paper, we piped little pink loops all over the cake with a Wilton small round tip 3.

    IMG_2333

    Next, I was excited to use my new Martha Stewart letter mold!  I pressed a ball into each letter that I needed, rolled it with a rolling pin, and cut away the excess.

    IMG_2337

    That's it!   I added sprinkles in various shades of pink, as well as a few sugar pearls.

    bc-awareness-gift

     

     

    Thank you so much for stopping by, we'll see you next time!

    Related posts:

    1. Monster Cupcakes- Free Tutorial!
    2. Ghoulish Goodies!- Halloween Cupcake Tutorial!
    3. Turkeys & Cornucopias- More Cupcakes to Gobble Gobble.-- Blog Tutorial
    4. Happy Halloweenie! Free Cake Video~ Featuring Topper & Tri-Colored Buttercream
    « Shabby Chic Buttercream Rose Cake~ Video
    Candy Corn Cake ~ A Cake Decorating Blog Tutorial »

    Comments

      Leave a Reply Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




      The maximum upload file size: 2 MB. You can upload: image. Drop file here

    1. Dolores Kotab October 17, 2015 at 11:32 pm

      What remarks do you publish?

      Reply
    « Older Comments

    Popular Recipes

    • Peanut Butter Cupcakes (Cake Mix Recipe)
    • Mom's Chocolate Cake
    • Banana Pudding Cupcakes (Cake Mix Recipe)
    • Chocolate Almond Cake
    • 100+ Birthday Cake Ideas
    • Cherry Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

    Featured Holiday Cakes

    • 60+ of the BEST Summer Cakes, Tutorials, and Ideas!
    • 60+ Valentine's Day Cake Tutorials and Recipes
    • Sweet Stick Figure Couple- A free cake video tutorial
    • Lots of Love Cake- A Free Cake Tutorial
    • Eggnog Cake with Eggnog Buttercream- A Scratch Recipe
    • 60+ Christmas Cake Recipes

    More Seasonal Cakes

    Popular Recipes

    • Our Most Popular Cake Recipes of 2022
    • 40+ New Year's Cake Ideas
    • Peppermint Cake
    • Eggnog Pound Cake
    • White Chocolate Raspberry Pound Cake
    • Gingerbread Pound Cake

    Featured Holiday Cakes

    • 60+ of the BEST Cake Recipes for Spring and Summer
    • A Roundup of Our Christmas & Winter Cake Tutorials!
    • 50+ Thanksgiving Cake Recipes
    • Pumpkin Spice Cake~ {Scratch Recipe}
    • 50+ of The BEST Fall Cake Recipes!
    • Sweet Santa Claus Pull-Apart Cupcake Cake- Blog Tutorial

    More Seasonal Cakes

    • Free Blog Tutorials
    • Free Cake Videos
    • Recipes
    • Contact
    • About

    Copyright © 2023 My Cake School. Melissa Diamond. All rights reserved | Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy