How-To with Colleen: Make a Gorgeous Wine Box Cake, Step-by-Step
Colleen pulled out ALL the stops on this drop-dead gorgeous cake! A party showstopper for sure, we’re grateful that Colleen has broken down the steps for us. To make this tutorial even easier to follow, we’ve taken the video and broken it down into 4 parts.
Ep. 1: Creating the Fondant Wine Bottle
Ep. 2: Making the Wine Box
Ep. 3: Crafting the Cake Decorations
Ep. 4: Assembling your Wine Box Cake
We’ll be posting them all this week, so stay tuned and check back regularly for the next steps on this beautiful wine cake!
Episode 1: Creating the Fondant Wine Bottle 4 Days until Cake is Served
Ingredients and Tools Needed:
Fondant Colors: White
Gel Fondant Color: Burgundy, Red
Plenty of Powdered Sugar
Rubber Gloves
Rolling Pin or Fondant Roller
Sharp Knife
Wood Skewers
Empty Wine Bottle
Directions:
1. Put your rubber gloves on and begin coloring your fondant. Dip your skewer stick into the Burgundy food color, and poke multiple holes into your fondant, spreading the color around. Begin twisting and working your fondant until the color is mixed in enough to place on your countertop without staining it.
2. Prepare your work station with a generous amount of powdered sugar, and continue kneading your fondant until it softens and all of the color is mixed in. If the color is not quite what you want it to be, add a little more and start the process over again.
3. Once the fondant is pliable, roll it into a ball, add more powdered sugar to your workspace, and use your rolling pin or fondant roller until it’s about 1/8" thick. Make sure you roll it into a long enough and wide enough shape to fit over the top of your wine bottle.
4. Dust a very generous amount of powdered sugar all over the top of your wine bottle. Take your rolled fondant and place it over the top of the wine bottle, making sure that the bottom of the wine bottle is completely covered. Tuck the fondant into the little divot on the bottom of the bottle and use your knife to cut off about half of the fondant, leaving only the top half of the wine bottle covered in fondant.
5. Once your wine bottle fondant is shaped and cut the way you like, set the bottle in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight to dry for a few days.
6. If you will be working with additional fondant colors next, thoroughly clean your workstation and dust with a fresh layer of powdered sugar.
We’ll be posting the next episode tomorrow, right here in this very blog post. So check back with us then, and we’ll show you how to build the box sides for your cake!
