Fondant Cake Disaster Averted!!!!

Fondant Cake Disaster Averted!!!!
Fondant Cake Disaster Averted!!!!

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

8 Comments

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

Sunny Smiles from the Cayman Isles!, http://www.facebook.com/caymancake or http://caymancake.wordpress.com

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

Sunny Smiles from the Cayman Isles!, http://www.facebook.com/caymancake or http://caymancake.wordpress.com

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