Basketweave Cake

by Beverly Cutler
(Springfield)

Basketweave Cake with Apples, Roses and Mums

Directions for basket weave cake:

14in,12in,10in square cakes
gumpaste roses, leaves,mums, berries, hat flowers,and fondant apples
ivory 1/4 inch ribbon
ivory fondant
# 10 decorating tip
fondant cutter/embosser
luster dust
edible glitter

Crumb coat cakes. Roll out fondant and cut into 1 inch strips. Emboss edge of the strips.
Place strips on the cake in basketweave design.
Put a #10 tip rope around the top edge of the cake.Reinforce layers of your cakes and stack cakes. Pipe a teardrop border around edges of stacked cakes. Place flower on cake top and sides.

I made gumpaste roses, mums (using 2 different daisy cutters.) The pulled hat flowers and berries on wires were wired together, taped, and then wired all together to form the pieces on the cake. The cake topper was made using a styrofoam base and intermixing flowers and ribbon and leaves. The flowers have luster dust and the cake was sprinkled with edible glitter. The apples were made using fondant. The ribbons that were hanging out on the second layer were attached to cake charms that the attendants pulled out of the cake.

I made the little plaque on the front of the cake with gumpaste - it has the bride and grooms initials on it and a ribbon across the top, with little drop flowers and leaves and a little apple. This is my first wedding cake. The wedding cake had to travel for three hours on county roads to get to its final destination. It made it with only one small crack. Thank you. Beverly Cutler