Maybe I use too much, very well could be! But I am having a terrible time getting my cakes clean when I've got them completed. The more I work to get the powdered sugar off, the more I risk messing up all my work! I especially notice it when I have cut outs that I've attached - the pwd sugar clings to the sides of the cut out. I work only w/ MMF, so maybe that's it. Or maybe I'm just being to critical Any help would be great!
Tabby

I use a pastry brush very gently to brush the powder away.

I dont use powdered sugar to roll the fondant, I use corn starch. Anyway it still kinda clings but not as much, but I airbrush on some vodka. It works great. It evaperates.

You can also take a paper towel and apply a very LIGHT application of shortening to get the ps off. It looks shiny at first, but the shortening will absorb into the fondant and it won't be shiny anymore.

Ditto newmansmom! I learned that trick from SugarShacks videos!

I use corn starch, but since I use my hand instead of a plastic fondant smoother to smooth my cakes, it pretty much buffs off any residue that's left. Also, all of my cakes get airbrush with a layer of shimmer at the end, so that takes care of any stubborn spots.

I went to my first fondant class last weekend and they said to use vodka in a spray bottle on fine mist and be sure to do it lightly.

Questions - Will clear Vanilla do the same???
Has anyone ever had a problem with it colors running???


cakeymom

I roll out on PS and use my steamer to get my cakes clean. I didn't discover this until like three cakes or so ago, but it works like a charm. I don't know if it would do the same for cornstarch, I've only used that once, and only because I wasn't in my own kitchen and that's what they had available to me.