It's time for me to show you the most important (or at least the tastiest) part of Little Jo's recent Princess Peach birthday party, and that's the cake! The inspiration: Princess Peach herself The following information is valid only for the products that are editable (editable invitations and editable party printables. I pinched each end of the rectangle to create a sash, and attached it to the cake with a touch of water. I used regular white decorator's icing to "glue" all of the jewels in place on the cake. I discovered that the icing was not only a great adhesive, but also a great way to brighten the color of the jewels.

If you're looking for a good white decorator's icing recipe, look no further than the basic white decorator's icing recipe that we use on our famous rainbow swirl cupcakes. More Mario-themed party ideas I put small balls of fondant on the peaks of the crown and around the bottom to cover the seam, then decorated it with candy jewels. To attach the jewels to the crown, I used white icing as "glue", then put a small rope of yellow fondant around each one to frame them.

Covering the cake with pink fondant

In true princess style, the cake would have to have several tiers, and it would have to be pink, pink, pink! After putting the sashes all the way around each tier, I put a candy jewel between each one. As a final touch, I put little balls of pink fondant around the bottom of each tier. For the cake topper, I used fondant to make a replica of Peach's crown. I tinted some fondant with lemon yellow icing color, rolled it out, and put draped it over an upside-down bowl with straight sides to form the shape.

One look at a picture of Princess Peach herself was all the inspiration I needed to know how to make the cake. And what about that lovely jewelry that Princess Peach wears? Those teal earrings, her teal brooch, and the jewels in her crown needed to be somewhere on the cake. Then I cut the points of the crown and then let the whole thing dry for a few days. When it was firm, I just slid it off and it was ready to put on top of the cake. The cake was pretty easy to put together, using a few simple techniques and massive amounts of fondant. I started by covering each tier of the cake with fondant tinted with pink icing color. Princess Peach crown cake topper I wanted to add some sashes to mimic those on Peach's dress, so I made some darker pink fondant and rolled it out into rectangles about 2" x 5".

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