Fun with Fondant

I got to plan a baby shower for a new family in our ward and they also happen to live just down the street from us. They are a great family who have a little boy almost exactly the same age as Tate and they just had a little girl a couple months ago. I was really excited to be able to help put this together. I found this idea online for, what I thought, was a really cool cake. I really haven't worked with fondant much, but I watch the Food Network all the time, so I figured I could do this. The cake I made was smaller than the example I found, so I made some changes . . .

and was really happy with the way it turned out. The fondant wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be to work with. John was the muscle that rolled it out- which was the hardest part. It was a team effort and we had a really fun time working on it.

I definitely have a greater appreciation for cake decorators and I understand why they charge so much for specialty cakes.
Tate was my helper as always. He never turns down a bowl that needs a lickin'.

Blake was a good boy and played while we worked:)The shower was a lot of fun-thanks to everyone who helped out!