This is a cake I made for my father-in-law's 60th birthday along with some beer themed cupcakes.
I was a nervous wreck making this cake as it was the first cake I'd made using fondant, however it worked out ok in the end.
The cake itself was two vanilla sponge made in a rectangle tin, I used Jo Wheatley's vanilla birthday cake recipe from 'A Passion For Baking' which is a great sponge to work with. I carved the sponge into a bottle shape and then filled and covered the cake with chocolate buttercream icing. Now came the tricky part - covering the cake in fondant, I used a brown colour to mimick the whiskey inside the bottle and a little black for the bottle top. The Teacher's label was made for me by my lovely friend Paula over at Sweethart's Edible Cake Toppers, she did a brilliant job with this topper and is always on hand with helpful advice and encouragement, pop over and take a look at her page you will not be disappointed.
The cupcakes are just vanilla and chocolate ones with vanilla and chocolate buttercream, the Tetley beer toppers where again provided by Paula from Sweethart's Edible Cake Topper's.
My Father-in-law was so made up with his cake and I got some really positive comments off all the party guests which for a not so confident cake maker like me it was great to get some positive feedback.
