So my whole purpose of taking the fondant class was to make a gift box cake. I saw a picture of one in Michaels and instantly thought...."I want to make that!". SO I DID! I made this cake for Christmas 2010. The cake was baked and shaped in a square pan. I made the bow of the cake first using red tinted 50/50 fondant/gum past. I made several loops out of the mixure. I let the loops sit overnight using bunches of paper towel in the loop to maintain the shape. I then tinted some fondant green and covered the cake. I used red fondant to make the ribbon on the cake. Using little dabs of buttercream icing, I assembled the loops into a bow.
