those of you with a lot of fondant experience, do you add something to your fondant besides a lot of kneading before you put your fondant on your cake to keep it pliable. I've been to lots of weddings and seen a lot of cakes and the fondant is somewhat hard on the cake. If you knock on it it sounds hard. Is there a secret?

The outside of the fondant will seem a little tough, but the buttercream underneath keeps the fondant soft enough to cut easily. I use marshmallow fondant and have never had it get too tough to cut easily.

No secret; fondant goes hard when it dries. So if you covered a cake with fondant, in 4 days time, it will be hard. In 2 weeks time it will be even harder.

Thanks for replying ladies. I thought it was just me. Okay. now i know it does crust over a little on the outside. thanks