I thought I’d break down the caterpillar food into a few tutorials. The first will show you how to make some of the yummiest food… the cheese, lollipop and icecream cone! The food we all know the caterpillar really wanted to eat more of.. just a shame he had to go through so much fruit to get there…
(you will notice a gap with the food because I didn’t correctly space it all out and I ran out of time to make some other items of food)
First up, make sure your fondant has been mixed with some tylo powder (or you are using gumpaste/sugarpaste.)
Start with some yellow fondant. Roll it out thinly and cut out a rectangle.
Using a small circle cutter or straw, start to make some holes in the cheese. Also use a toothpick to make a few tiny holes.
Place onto a tray lined with baking paper to harden.
To make the lollipop, roll out a thin ‘snake’ of blue and yellow fondant, leaving a skinnier end to the right.
Brush some water in between and stick the two lines of fondant together
Brush some water on the top side of the yellow fondant.
Curl the two snakes of fondant into a circle
Cut the end on an angle
Neaten up the end using your brush and some water
Roll out some brown fondant and cut a rectangle for the lollipop stick.
Place on your baking tray, flatten the top and brush with some water before placing the lollipop on top.
To make the icecream cone, roll out some pink fondant and cut out a small circle.
Slice off the bottom of the circle.
Roll out some brown fondant and cut out your ‘cone’ (I found it easier to measure the fondant next to the icecream to get the accurate size)
Using a matchstick, make the ‘waffle cone’ imprints
Place your cone on the baking tray and brush some water on the top before gently placing the icecream and cone together
Next tutorial will be on creating the gurkin, watermelon and cupcake, before the final tutorial for making the fruit.
HI Bronnie (again!)
just had a question about your cake and the food…. If you dried it flat on a baking sheet, how did you go sticking it to a curved surface? Did the food stick out? Someone suggested i should make the food and stick it on the cake straight away, but i answered that with how could i possibly make all of that in a day!!!
Cheers
Tam
Hi Tam
Usually if i make something big, i will dry it on baking paper around the cake tin so that it dries curved. Because the caterpillar food is pretty small, i just dry it flat and haven’t had any problem. You definitely dont want to be making it all the day before!!!! Makes life easy to have everything premade. Make it all as early as possible!!
All the best!!
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How did you store it? In the fridge or at room temperature? I made my caterpillar today but the party isn’t for another week and 1/2
Definitely don’t store it in the fridge!! Fondant will sweat in the fridge, so just leave it to dry on some baking paper away from the sun
Hi again Bronnie,
just a quick question on how to store all the food before I add it to my cake. The lady in the cake shop told me it is has to be in a cardboard box but I have a friend who says she just lets it dry then places it in a plastic takeaway container. I am starting the food tomorrow and the party isn’t for about 2 weeks. Any tips? Thanks again – Ellen-Marie
Hi Ellen-Marie
I dry mine on some baking paper on top of a tray or plastic lid like you see in the pic above. They will be fine like that as long as they are away from the sunlight. Although – once hardened you can easily put them in a plastic container. I wouldn’t use a cardboard box and have never heard that before!! But I don’t think it would matter if you did decide to use one.
Hope that helps! Happy to help if you have any other questions while making the food and cake
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Hi bronnie,
Just want to know how you get the decorations to stay dry/hard once made and stored. I stored a few the other day with baking paper and when I checked them they were stuck together. They were in sealed airtight containers so
Just wondering why they sweat or go soft and what I can do to stop it?
Thanks again!
HI Gina
You need to let them dry in the air to harden. They wont harden properly if you store them in an airtight container. I leave mine to dry on a tray away from the sun.
Hope that helps!
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Hi There, I just wanted to throw a quick THANK YOU your way. This was such a lovely tutorial. What seem like complicated pieces were broken down into simple steps and methods with limited amount of supplies needed. This was the first real cake I made out of fondant for my daughter’s first birthday. Talk about a hit!! Thank you so much!
Hi Nikki
oh WOW – what a wonderful job you have done!!!!! I am so happy for you that it turned out so well – well done for giving it a go and I cannot wait to see what you do next! thankyou for sharing your beautiful cake with me
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