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Fondant Cake Disaster Averted!!!!

Cake by sugarpixy posted 338 days ago 791 views 5 times favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites

I’ve been doing so many cakes finished buttercream that I FORGOT to make my buttercream undercoat stiffer for the fondant application and ended up with a mountain instead of a cake! So I had to do it over – halving the liquid in the buttercream to get the sharp edges with the fondant (with buttercream undercoat). I rolled the fondant thinly and applied it to the stiffish buttercream iced cake and used a crimping motion with two fondant smoothers to get the edges sharp. This was a lemon cake with lemon curd filling, buttercream undercoat and fondant finish with fondant flowers and accents.

-- Lori-Ann,The Cake Studio Cayman,http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cake-Studio-Cayman/136313133106508?ref=tn_tnmn


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#1 posted 338 days ago

Who says you need ganache for razor sharp edges?! Great job SugarPixy! You’re the buttercream queen!

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#2 posted 338 days ago

Thanks Caymancake! Welcome back !!!

-- Lori-Ann,The Cake Studio Cayman,http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cake-Studio-Cayman/136313133106508?ref=tn_tnmn

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#3 posted 338 days ago

Great save! Pretty cake!

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#4 posted 338 days ago

Thank you naughtyandnicecakes!

-- Lori-Ann,The Cake Studio Cayman,http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cake-Studio-Cayman/136313133106508?ref=tn_tnmn

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#6 posted 337 days ago

Thank you Ann-Marie Cakes!

-- Lori-Ann,The Cake Studio Cayman,http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cake-Studio-Cayman/136313133106508?ref=tn_tnmn

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#7 posted 332 days ago

I know I told you this before, but LOVE how your flowers came out in this one!

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#8 posted 331 days ago

Nice edge, I will try using a stiff buttercream under the fondant. My buttercream is usually medium consistency.

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