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Lovemesomecake
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WHAT is happening to my fondant on the frankenstein??? I covered it last night and everything loooked fine...then by this afternoon it looked like this!!   |
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jensenscakes
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:57 pm |
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did you put too much icing on underneath the fondant? |
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Lovemesomecake
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:02 pm |
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| jensenscakes wrote: | | did you put too much icing on underneath the fondant? |
No! Not at all.  I put a VERY thin crumb coat. |
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prterrell
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:04 pm |
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Looks to me like the cake settled. |
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Lovemesomecake
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:08 pm |
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GEEZ! This would be my second cake this weekend w/ settling issues!! (other one was buttercream) So, from now on how long should I wait to let the cake settle??? |
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KathysCC
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:15 pm |
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Yes, there was probably some cake settling or some weight from the upper tiers that settled on the lowest tier. A tiny difference in the support system can squish the lowest tier. |
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Doug
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:32 pm |
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| Lovemesomecake wrote: | | GEEZ! This would be my second cake this weekend w/ settling issues!! (other one was buttercream) So, from now on how long should I wait to let the cake settle??? |
a) overnight -- at least 12 hours
b) Leah's faster method -- put heavy ceramic tile on top (or other similar weighted smooth flat item) and let sit for 4 or so hours.
c) my I'm NOT waitin' method -- take large cookie sheet, place on top, spread hands apart and fingers wide --- PUSH gently but firmly until the edges "give birth" to a little ring of filling/icing all the way around the edge. Remove sheet and carry on. If done correctly cake will be in one piece and fully settled. |
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leah_s
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:54 pm |
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Yep, I'm a believer in the ceramic tile method. Only takes 2-3 hours. I give the tile a gentle push. Only use 1 tile, and it should be roughly the size of the cake. I have 8" tiles, 12" tiles and 1, 18" tile. Do not try to double up the tiles to speed up the process - voice of experience. |
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nia0524
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:16 pm |
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mkolmar
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:26 pm |
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I do something similar to leahs method but with books. Just takes 3 hours and your good to go. |
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madgeowens
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:00 pm |
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I never wait over night, unless of course I don't get to it until then, and never had this issue......maybe the fondant is too moist that its droopy? Either that or I have just been lucky. |
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__Jamie__
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:40 pm |
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| madgeowens wrote: | | I never wait over night, unless of course I don't get to it until then, and never had this issue......maybe the fondant is too moist that its droopy? Either that or I have just been lucky. |
 Me neither. I fill, squish a bit with my hand, look at it for a minute, wrap it up in saran wrap and wait about an hour. Frost, chill, and cover with fondant. |
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Lovemesomecake
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:34 am |
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| madgeowens wrote: | | I never wait over night, unless of course I don't get to it until then, and never had this issue......maybe the fondant is too moist that its droopy? Either that or I have just been lucky. |
I think this might be what it is. B/c I did use the cookie sheet method to squish the cake down until some of the filling came out. And when I was rolling my fondant I noticed it was very moist and I kept adding sugar and I stopped b/c I didn't want to add too much. AND the weather here has been terrible. Constant rain. I'm thinking the fondant was too moist and too stretchy. |
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cabecakes
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:15 am |
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I don't think so, I agree with the previous posters that said settling. I almost looks like there are small lines of bubbles under the fondant. I should think that if it were a fondant issue the fondant would have stretched and looked "pulled" with small veins of cracking like faultlines. Your fondant looks "smooshed". |
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UpAt2am
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:55 am |
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definitely looks like a settling issue but here's the good thing.......frankenstein probably had a few wrinkles here or there and doesn't need to look perfect anyways  don't worry about it...cake is cute and little goblins will love it |
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