I stayed away from Fondant on my first cake—thankfully the Bride didn’t like it…I didn’t stack my cakes….they were on the separaters…and we used fresh flowersz(careful if you get them from a florist as they can have pesticides) Our local grocery had beautiful flowers…and I put them on about 2 hours before the wedding and it was amazingly beautiful for my 1st cake! I had 3 diff cake flavors and icings (all were cream cheese (one had lemon, one had orange and the other was plain)…so it was all the same texture/color. I have 2 more orders including my own to do and again, thankfully they hate fondant and will be using buttercream and/or cream cheese!
Good Luck!