Sapphire Blue Cake

A two-tiered cake with blue watercolor design, white frosting, and sugar flower decorations
Kim Simons
Beginner
Paint edible paper with blue edible colors, apply them to a fondant-covered cake, and finish with luster dust and wafer flowers.

Supply List

Small Bowls
Spoons
Plastic Wrap
Cookie Sheets
Paint Brushes
Paper Towels
Eye Dropper
Edible coloring
Bowls
Water
Piping Gel
Gold Luster Dust
Pre-Prepared Fondant-Covered Cake and Cake Board
Pre-Prepared Wafer Flower Decorations

Instructions

  • Line a cookie sheet with plastic wrap and lay out edible paper.
  • Using a small amount of water, mix up the blue edible colors in two small bowls.
    Mixing blue edible colors in small bowls.
  • With a paintbrush or dropper, color the paper randomly. Set aside to dry, preferably overnight.
    Dripping blue edible color onto edible paper.
  • Rip the paper into horizontal strips.
    Ripping colored edible paper into strips.
  • Using piping gel, attach the designed paper to your pre-prepared, fondant-covered cake, working from the top down on the lower layer.
    Applying colored paper strips to the lower cake tier.
  • Repeat on the top layer.
    Applying colored paper strips to the top cake tier.
  • Paint your cake board blue.
    Painting the cake board blue with a brush.
  • Decorate with luster dust.
    Spraying gold luster dust onto the cake.
  • Add pre-prepared wafer flower decorations.
    Placing wafer flower decorations on the cake.

Notes

• Start with a pre-made, fondant-covered cake set on a cake board.
• Let the colored edible paper dry overnight before applying to the cake.

Products Used

• Artisan Accents: Edible coloring (Azure Blue and Breakfast Blue)
• Icing Images: SmArt Sheets (edible paper)