Sweet Creations: Fondant Floor Lamp

Another item for mums cake...hmm can you guess what it is yet? This floor lamp is going to be a cute addition to the cake..coming shortly is the TV.

Step 1 - Materials Needed

White fondant
Brown fondant
Rolling pin
Fondant knife
Round cutter (size
Foam pad
Ball tool
Cling wrap
Styrofoam block (or Florist block)
Lollipop or bamboo stick
Spray oil or butter

Step 2 - Making the Lampshade

Take some of the brown fondant and roll into a long sausage, this will be the lamp pole.

Spray some oil or rub on some butter onto the skewer. Thread the bamboo skewer through the brown fondant sausage leaving some of the skewer exposed at the top and bottom, I am really bad at doing this - if you find that the skewer pierces the fondant just re-correct the path of the skewer and reshape the fondant around the skewer....I had to do this several times :)

Once you have finished threading through, insert the bottom of the skewer into your Styrofoam block.

Take a small amount of white fondant and shape into a teardrop shape. Place the white fondant on top of the lamp pole.

Take a small amount of brown fondant and roll into a ball the slightly flatten with your fingers, this will be the base of the lamp.

Brush a little bit of water on the centre of the disc. Remove the skewer from the Styrofoam and place the brown disc onto the bottom of the lamp pole.

Take a larger amount of the white fondant and roll into a ball.

Roll out the fondant thinly and cut out a circle with the cutter.

Place the circle on the foam pad and using the ball tool thin out the circle - including the centre of the circle.

Take another ball of fondant and wrap in cling wrap.

Place the fondant circle you rolled out earlier over the ball of cling wrapped fondant and commence to shape the top circle into the shape of a lamp shade by gently pressing down over the rolled up fondant and frill up the bottom.

Brush a small amount of water all around the top of the teardrop shape on top of the lamp pole and place the lamp shade over the top. Using your fingers, gently shape the lamp shade into place.

Take a small amount of brown fondant and roll into a very thin sausage as shown

Shape the sausage into a small circle, this is going onto the top of the lamp shade.

Brush a small amount of water around the top of the lamp shade and place the circle on top. You may need to gently work the circle down onto the lamp shade. Just be careful not to break the circle and not to use too much water as the brown fondant can leave marks on the white fondant.