Orange Cake...........eh.....

I decided to practice a little on a fondant cake and make my first two layer cake. I did learn one important thing: put fondant on a room temperature cake, not a cake right out of the fridge.  I did the top layer at room temperature and the bottom layer from the fridge.  The reason I did this was because I put a crumb coat on the bottom layer, and then put it in the fridge while I worked on top layer.

The bottom layer puffed up.  The fondant puffed up and pulled away from the cake so............won't be doing that again.

Anyway, here it is. A double layer cake: One layer white almond cake and one layer chocolate.  both had apricot filling.

Orange Fondant with Pink Rock Candy Decor.

I still love the idea of the decoration/concept, but was incredibly disappointed with the cake as a whole. The puffed up fondant was one reason, but as a whole, the cake was not as smooth as I would have liked it to have been.  Again, I guess that is why we call it practice!