Maya's Princess Cake

This was my first (and quite possible the last) attempt at creating an elaborate, fondant cake. I was inspired by a cake I found on FamilyFun.com. It took me far too long, it took far too many attemps at making and rolling out fondant. I think I may have even shed a tear or two in the process. But the look on Maya's face when she saw it for the first time was worth all the pain and frustration.

First, I baked four 9x9 sheet cakes. I then layered three of them and then took the last one and cut it into 4 squares. Then I took three of those 4x4 cakes and layered them.

I covered them all with a yummy cream cheese frosting

This is the step that made me so nervous. I learned how to make fondant from a recipe that I googled. After I spent about an hour making it and 20 minutes rolling it out, I went to lay it on the cake and it just crumbled. It was a disaster! SO, I tried another recipe called a marshmallow fondant....MUCH BETTER! When it came time to cover the cake I got nervous and made Anthony do it for me. He is so much more maticulous at this kind of stuff then me. He even knew how angry I was for messing up the first one and so he went to Michals and bought me a fondant smother. MY HERO!!!Once both layers were covered with fondant I then had to stack them on top of eachother. This made me a bit nervous, too. You only get one shot to get it on there right.

I took 5 sugar cones and frosted them and then covered them with purple fondant.

I cut out triangles and put them on a toothpick for the flags.

Then came the real fun...DECORATING!!!

I basically just purchased a bunch of candy from the Valentines day clearance. I had some strawberry whoppers, some pink and white "kissables", strawberry waffers, cute little heart shaped candies and, of course, pink and white sprinkles.I used fondant and small cookie cutters for the stars and the MAYA.

I also found some cute litte plastic princess's at the dollar store and put them around the castle.