Has anybody ever tried to cover a masonite cake board with fondant?? If so, how did you get the fondant to stick to the board??

Thank you!!
Gina

I just smear the board with shortening... works like a charm! Also I do it at leat 1-2 days before I need it so the fondant is nice and dry and I don't have to worry about messing it up when I go to stack the cake.

Thank you so much

I just did one for the first time and I didn't use anything on the board to help it stick. I just kept smoothing it out towards the edge with a fondant smoother until the excess fondant got cut by the edge of the board, then I trimmed. Held on its own. I will do this a day ahead next time so it doesn't ding when you stack the cakes.

Do you let the fondant hang over the sides and then trim it just as you would a cake or do you just cover the top. If the latter, then how do you handle the edge. My foam core is 1/4" thick. Not sure what I'd do with the edge?

I just cover the top of the board and then trim the edge in matching ribbon (hot glued). Also, I cut a well out of the center of the fondant on the board the size of the bottom tier (leaving a 2" border all around). To me, it's a waste a fondant to cover the whole board if you're just going to put a cake on top of it and it won't be seen.