How to make Fondant Gift Box Cake 2

I know I promised some of you on email to show you how I make the gift box cake.
I already posted How to make a Fondant Gift Box Cake 1,  where I made the lid with a different color.

Making a Gift Box cake all in one color is a lot more simple, but I see from the emails that some of you are making it a lot more complicated than it really is.
Here is what I do, simple and easy.

I usually start by showing you my crumb coated cake and then the fondant covered cake. By now I think you've seen enough of me covering the cake in fondant. So from now on lets start with fondant covered cakes (else I'm gong to run out of space on my blog, so I'm told)


OK. Fondant covered cake it is..
I ran out of fondant and had to use store bought fondant. I hate store bought fondant and as you can see I did not do a good job with it. So pretend you don't see my shabby fondant job. 
This is an 8 inch 2 layer Double Chocolate Cake Recipe with Chocolate Ganache.

Then take a long strip of parchment paper or baking paper (any paper). Cut it to the width and length you want.
You can see here I cut it to about 2 inches  but later pulled it up a bit as I changed my mind.
Just make sure it is straight and not slanting or else you will have a slanted lid!

Next take your tool or the back of you knife, something that is not sharp and will not cut your fondant. And use the lower edge of you parchment strip to draw a line.

Be careful and do it slowly. It is quite easy to go off track. Ask me how I know? See that little line below? that is what I'm talking about.

Now you have a nice straight line.. Doesn't look like much! It will once you add more details.

Now go ahead and add your details.

See..... looks a bit better?
The quilted pattern is not sharp on purpose. I wanted it  like this.
Remember,  I told you I wasn't happy with how I covered the cake in fondant earlier? The quilted pattern was to mask the not so smooth sides. Some times you have to work around your mistakes and do the best you can.
I will show you how I do the quilting in another post. It's easier than it looks.This one I did free hand without any tools just that wheel tool I used to score the line.I don't have the impression mat or patchwork cutter either.
When you're on a budge, If your not selective with what tools you buy, you end up spending on things that are less important. I'd rather spend on flower cutters and mold. That's my opinion, not judging anyone.

I made the bow exactly the same way I did on the post How to make a Gum Paste Bow only difference is that I used a piping nozzle to make the white dots and stuck them randomly on the yellow fondant.
This bow and flowers are only fondant (customer does not like gum paste). You can see the bow is a lot softer but has a very fabric look to it.
Now I did not add the ribbon all around the cake as in this cake below.

 But if you do place the ribbon then use the back of your knife and just score it into the line as shown below.

That's it.. your done!

I hope you enjoyed this post. Until next time.
Happy cake decorating.