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

October 5, 2013 By Melissa D. 13 Comments

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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)

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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 1/8 inch.

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

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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.

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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.
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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.)

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

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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.

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

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

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Comments

  1. MsGF October 5, 2013 at 7:18 am

    Very pretty. I love my Martha Stewart Letter Mold too. :)

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  2. Sheila Libby October 5, 2013 at 7:50 am

    This cake truly touches my heart!

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  3. prettyinpink October 6, 2013 at 1:41 am

    love the mini stones press .. where do you get that

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  4. Melissa Diamond October 6, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Thank you!!

    @Prettyinpink~ I bought them a while back at Michael’s. Just stopped by again today and they still carry them–the brand is Walnut Hollow & they are sold as a clay text embossing set (on the clay aisle). ;0)

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  5. Terri October 7, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    Beautiful as always, Melissa!! I LOVE those letter cutters. From where can they be purchased?

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  6. Melissa Diamond October 7, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    Thank you Terri!! The Martha Stewart alphabet mold is from Michael’s also! (Not in the cake section) — I really like them too! ;0)

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  7. angela October 7, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    I love the MS letters-laying flat or standing up in cake designs.

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  8. Anita Barron October 8, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    very pretty and pink

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  9. Delores Coston October 24, 2013 at 11:41 am

    This is a beautiful cake and I would love to make one of these for my mom. She is a survivor of breast cancer and this would make a wonderful treat.

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  10. patricia young December 9, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    This site is the best $30 I’ve ever spent! I have a comment about using edible paper designs, even though I follow directions, they never totally dissolve onto the cake…I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Do you have a video for this? Thanks,Pat

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  11. BeBe December 9, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Hi Patricia, Thank you for you nice comment on the site.
    Are you using wafer paper or icing sheets when you make the edible image design? The icing sheets will melt right into buttercream. Wafer paper does not melt completely. I hope this helps.

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  12. Dolores Kotab October 17, 2015 at 11:31 pm

    Huge message, simple cake!! Thank you.

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

    What remarks do you publish?

    Reply

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