I am making a 30th birthday cake. I would like to only use pieces of fondant on the cake. What type of icing should I put on the cake so the fondant will stick to it? Nothing too sweet.

whipped cream with some sugar (there are recipes on here) is about as unsweet as icing gets, but you cant do as much with it, in terms of design and intricacy, also, it has a shorter shelf life - and im not sure how well it gets on with fondant.
a tiny bit of popcorn salt (much finer than regular salt) can help to cut the sweetness a little bit. but icing by its nature sweet, theres not really anything you can do about it.
you can stick the fondant to your icing with a bit of the same icing, water or edible glue.
xx

I covered a birthday cake in white chocolate mousse and attempted to put fondant flowers on it. They slipped a little on the sides. The mousse was a little thicker than whipped cream, so I think I'd rule both those out.


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