The recipient is a drummer in a local band and one of the Foo Fighter's biggest fans. So, his wife and I came up with a concept that would include both drums and the FF logo. I found the logo online and created a template for myself. I cut out a six inch circle of red fondant and drew the logo on with edible marker using my stencil to outline it, then filling it in. Once on the cake, I added silver dragees to give it a better look. Although dragees are elegant, they're also pretty rock and roll too, I think.
I made the little drums out of krispy treats and then covered them with fondant. The sides of the drums are marbled fondant made by putting a few drops of black food coloring onto white fondant and not blending all the color in. I used edible marker to make accents on the drums. I made tiny drumsticks out of tan fondant.
Surprisingly, this was my very first sheet cake. I've shied away from them, because I feel like they're more difficult to remove from the pan - being an awkward rectangular shape. I know that they probably seem like the easiest cake there is, but I was intimidated. And, although the cake came out like a dream (thanks to Baker's Joy which IS truly a joy) icing the corners of a sheet cake is a pain! A MAJOR pain! I had so much trouble with it, it drove me insane. Will have to work on that some more.
Will post the other two cakes soon!
Here are the results:
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