Princess Themed Fondant Tutorial - Princess Carriage

Remember when I said plan to make tutorials in themes? We're starting today! Stay tuned because in the next few weeks I'll be showing you how to make all things Princess-y. Isn't it exciting? [I type this with my pinkies up in true princess fashion]

Since we're on the subject of starting things. I think I may have rekindled my love for painting. The past few weeks I have been obsessing about watercolors. I have been reading (and reading, and reading) lessons about it, I've been buying my art materials and as what Nike has been saying the past few years, I just did it. As in yes, I've been painting. Which totally distracted me from updating this little blog last week. Anyway, here's a watercolor portrait I did of Claudette Colbert, a movie star from the 1930s. I can't wait to paint more! :)

Anyway, back to our princess themed tutorial, we're starting with the Princess Carriage. This very much reminds me of Cinderella and her pumpkin carriage. Well this one is the fondant version and although it looks quite challenging to make, I'm telling you, pinky swear, it's really easy. Here's how.  

Fondant Princess Carriage Tutorial

What  we need:
Fondant in purple and white
Fondant cutters (round, flower and heart)
White edible pearls
Rolling pin 
Toothpicks
Brush and water (to glue things together)
Violet pearl dust (optional)

Here's how:
(1) Roll purple fondant into a circle. 

(2) Run a toothpick through it to resemble segments much like with a pumpkin. 

(3) It should now look like this. 

(4) Get some purple fondant, roll it into a short rope with ends thinner than the middle. Curl the ends inwards. Make two. 

(5) Attach it to the sides of the carriage. 

(6) Roll some purple and white fondant. Cut out a circle and a flower from the white fondant. And a heart from the purple fondant. 

(7) Arrange them on top of the carriage.

(8)  Make the wheels by rolling white fondant into a long rope and curling it inwards. 

(9) Make the curtains by cutting squares from a thinly rolled fondant and pinching them together in the middle.

(10) Cut two small rectangles from a thinly rolled fondant and paste the parts of the door of the carriage. 

(11) An optional step would be to dust the whole thing with violet pearl dust. After all, what are princess cariages if they don't magically sparkle?
Stay tuned for more Princess-y tutorials here on Bake Happy! :)