DIY - Fondant Baby Carraiges

This is a babyshower cake, which I'm sure you would guess by seeing the baby carraiges on the side, oh and the Baby sign on top :-)   As I was making it, I couldn't stop thinking at how easy it was to make these little carraiges and I wanted to show YOU!  You can make them yourself and use them to top cupcakes or to decorate your own cakes. 

So here we go...

These are the supplies you'll need, fondant (you can make your own fondant using this recipe from a prior post FONDANT recipe) in 2 colors of your choice. You'll also need round fondant cutters available from Wilton, Icing (color of your choice), #3 tip, pizza cutter, sharp knife or Exacto blade, fondant roller (regular roller is fine as long as the fondant doesn't stick to it).

Roll out your fondant about 1/4" thick and make a cut-out with the large circle.

Next, using your pizza cutter, knife or exacto, cut the circle in half.  You will now have two half circles.

Set one half circle to the side.  Cut one of the half circles in half again.  You should now have these 3 pieces.

Now grab your small circle and cut out two circles. Roll over them a bit to make them a bit bigger.

Take the small circle cutter again and cut out two circles of a different color. 

These are all the pieces you should have.

Using a small brush with a bit of water, brush the back of the smallest circle and then place on top of the bigger circle.  Repeat this step with the other two smallest circles.

When assembling the carraige, you'll have to place it on the cake or on the cupcakes.  You'll place the 1/4 circle on top of the half circle. Then you'll place the two small circles on top of the bottom portion of the half circle.

Now to decorate it...fill your pastry bag with icing and using tip #3, swirl the edges of the carraige.  Actually, you can decorate the carraige any way that you'd like, this is just the way I did it.

And Voila!  You now have a cute baby carraige to use as a decoration for your cake or cupcakes.