Miniature Fondant Coke Can

This Coke can is so cute, it is a bit fiddly but worth it. This is also going onto my mums birthday cake..picture coming soon.

 

Step 1 - Materials Needed 

• Red fondant (I suggest using actual red fondant rather than colouring white fondant red, although there is a way around this shown below)
• Red food colouring (if colouring your white fondant)
• Grey fondant (I took white fondant and mixed with a little bit of black fondant to make grey)
• Fondant knife
• Rolling pin 
• Piping Tip (I used Wilton Tip #10)
• Small paint brush 
• Water 
• White paint

Step 2 - Making the Can 

Take a small amount of red coloured fondant and roll into a ball. I didn't have any red fondant so I coloured white fondant with red colouring, it is actually very difficult to get a deep red colour when doing it this way and you will  notice from the below photos that the best I could get was a deep pink.

So to get the red colour I painted the Coke can once complete with the red colouring and had a bit more luck...anyhow moral to the story is ...start with red fondant :)

 Roll the ball into a small sausage with your fingers.

Cut the ends off using your fondant knife to shorten the sausage and to get flat edges on each end.You may need to reshape the sausage back into a can shape.  



Take the grey fondant and make two very small balls (these will be either end of the coke can)

Flatten the two balls with the end of the rolling pin, then using the piping tip cut out a small circle shape and match the size of the grey circles to the ends of the Coke can. To make them slightly bigger you might need to flatten them a little more with the rolling pin - you don't want them so big though that they hang over the Coke can sides.

Brush a little bit of water onto the ends of the Coke can and stick on the grey fondant circles on each end, you may need to gently work the grey pieces in place so that they fit correctly on the ends and don't overhang.  

 

 

As mentioned before I painted the Coke can with red food colouring to get that classic Coke red colour...if you do it this way, you will need to let the food colouring dry on the fondant before proceeding to the next step as the white writing will turn a pink colour...yes I know this as this is what I did :)

Step 3 - Writing on the Can 

Next get your small paint brush and place a little bit of white paint on the end and start writing Coke on one side of the can. This is a bit tricky I won't lie, you definitely need a good eye, a steady hand and all the kids and significant others in bed for this one as you can see how small the can is below.

I also put a little swirl underneath the writing as it does on a regular Coke can. Repeat this on the opposite side ensuring that you write Coke the correct way up.

Step 4 - Making the Ring Pull

 Take a very small amount of grey fondant and roll into an oval shape.

Place the grey fondant onto the foam pad and slightly flatten, take the fondant knife and place a small oval hole into one side of the fondant.

Next brush a small amount of water onto the top of the Coke and adhere the ring pull to the top of the can, and you are finished..looks good enough to drink doesn't it...boy I feel like a Coke now!!

  

 

Thanks for reading, The Sweet Constitution.