Finishing the Base

One of our dilemmas was how to cover the base in a nice surface that wasn't foil. The solution was to go for fondant, but since none was to be found we bough ready made icing paste to roll out and use as our fondant cover. 

After some trouble rolling out a sheet big enough to cover our aluminium, cork and wood base, we found it was easier to transfer the whole thing onto the base with baking paper and all, rather than try to roll it off the baking paper and onto the base.

The result was quite satisfying...