Cakes for a Good Cause!

Cake Auction for the LAM (lymphangioleiomyomatosis) Foundation (Sunnyvale)

It is great to get the opportunity to bake for a good cause. Our church had a pastry auction to benefit the Foundation and I was thrilled to participate. Please feel free to visit the Foundation's website to learn more about lymphangioleiomyomatosis or to make a contribution.

For this cake, two 6 inch round cakes (White Wedding Cake Recipe) were layered with butter cream in between. The cake was then crumb-coated and covered with white fondant. The diamond cutter set would come in handy in this design; a diamond quilted impression mat would be more efficient though. For this cake, one of the smaller cutters was used to make the diamond patterns on the side of the cake. A fondant embosser/tracing wheel can be used to trace the diamond patterns to create a quilted look. To finish off the cake, sugar pearls were placed where the diamonds intersected and the ball tool was used to create the borders. Since designing this cake, I've obtained alphabet and numbers fondant cutters, so I'll be using those for writing on the cakes in the future.

I decided to try my hand at a book cake; I may add that it's a very small cake. A 6 inch square cake was cut in half and layered with buttercream. The writing and the borders were freehand. I look forward to trying another book cake!