For my daughter's Sweet 16 birthday party, we decided to have a masquerade and murder mystery party. The color scheme is her favorite colors: purple and black. I do not have a lot of experience with fondant and still struggle a bit with it. I definitely had to hide the imperfections and the "back" of the cake, but overall, I am pleased with the finished product. For the black, I purchased Wilton packaged fondant because it is difficult to color anything homemade black. To save money and taste, I made marshmallow fondant for the purple. The texture is just slightly different, but not noticeable. To finish off the cake, I added feathers, a mask for the top, and painted on gold luster dust for the stripes and numbers. I also added a purple sparkly ribbon to the 2nd layer and fondant balls around the bottom.
