Looking for some help. I covered my son's birthday cake in fondant today and looking at it tonight, it looks like it has air bubbles under it. I covered the cake in BC and made sure it was really smooth and I also smoothed the fondant out really well, starting in the centre and working my way out. So, the question is what did I do wrong?
Thanks!
I get those too sometimes. I'm not sure why. But I use a straight pin and make a little hole in the bubble and try push the air out. It usually works. Except one time I had a really big air bubble and I couldn't figure out why. it looked like it was going to explode. I ended up having to suction the air out with a medicine dropper. (used only for cake stuff)
Just last night I did my first cake covered in fondant for my 4 year old niece's birthday cake. I noticed a little bubble and "Thought no big deal I will just place a polka dot over it and no one will ever know." The bubble got larger and larger and I remembered that I was told to use a straight pin just like the previous member mentioned. I poked a very tiny hole and like magic it worked no more bubble.
Also after you have pricked the bubble place a little of what you rolled the fondant out with and rub into the hole and dust off. You can hardly see the mark.
i *THINK* that the reason we sometimes get so many air bubbles despite smoothing the fondant well is because of kneeding it - whether it be to add color or to soften it, air gets trapped , so the bubbles may not always be in between the bc and the fondant. i usually have luck with the straight pin and crisco too- but i usually do it as i am rolling and i see them - while it is still thick, like 3/4 to half an inch, that way when i poke and then rub crisco on it, i can "roll" the hole out by rolling it thinner. its less noticable. sometimes though you wont see it till the end- go ahead and try that straight pin.
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