I am making a topsy turvy cake for my wedding cake and was wondering if there was a trick to putting the rolled fondant (sugar paste) on?
My dad and I had a practice at the bottom teir on the weekend and we ended up with tears and well it didnt really work very well.
We used the whimsical cake instructions which all went well except for that step, especially with the cut out circle and uneven top and sides.
Can anyone help me?
Make sure your fondant isn't rolled out too thin and it really helps to work with a frozen cake for the whimsys. When I did mine, the top two tiers were frozen when I covered them and I had no problems. When I did the botoom tier, it was not frozen and the darn cake fell apart and so did the fondant. I will be doing another whimsy this weekend and you bet that all the layers will be frozen before I work with them.
I'll be doing my first topsy-turvy next week- I'm so glad you asked about this, because I was wondering, too.
Does covering the frozen cake cause condensation (melting) on the fondant? Is there a way to prevent this?
I'll be doing my first topsy-turvy next week- I'm so glad you asked about this, because I was wondering, too.
Does covering the frozen cake cause condensation (melting) on the fondant? Is there a way to prevent this?
I froze each of the separate layers and then assembled, trimmed and carved the center out for each tier while the cakes were still frozen. I then put on a crumb coat and by the time I put on the fondant, the cake was halfway thawed, but still sturdy enough not to break--especially at the top lip where the hole was cut. I did not have much of a condensation problem at all, but if it does show up, just allow for some time to let the cake to come back to room temp completely.
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