If you’re using Duff fondant, try rolling it out and then place your rolled out piece in the fridge or freezer for about 5 minutes. Duff’s fondant is a lot like Fondarific – it should harden a bit when it’s cold and it makes it SO much easier to cut. Cut it with your exacto knife while it’s still cold.

Thanks for the tip Cupadeecakes! I will try that. :)

I did a cake a few months ago that was all hand cut. Like Jenniffer from Cup a Dee Cakes said I let my fondant set up a little before I tried to cut it. I used an xacto knife but I dipped the blade in shortening between every few cuts. This helped with the blade getting stuck and pulling the fondant.

I used straight fondx but I did add some tylose powder to help it harden up. Here is my hand cut cake

http://cakesdecor.com/cakes/52709

PrimaCakes has it right; use shortening on your blade. I add tylose to my fondant, too, for this technique (though I haven’t used Duff’s).

As for timing, if you cut it and store it in a sealed plastic zip top bag it won’t get hard, but it might stick to the bag… and depending on your reason for starting so early, it may not be worth the potential issues. Good luck!

Thank you all for the tips, I really appreciate it! Jennifer, your hand cut cake is amazing!!

I will try adding tylose to the fondant. This is just a trial run because I’ve never done anything like this, I don’t really work with fondant but I wanted to try it for this cake. I will see how this one goes and then maybe make it again a week before her party. (keeping fingers crossed!) :)

Thank you Jessica.. would love to see cut decoration comes out!!