I have a 2 tier baby shower cake to make, lime green fondant.....customer requested a black band border around each tier......would you use black fondant or ribbon??? I'm afraid the black fondant will bleed onto the white cake with lemon filling, making it look dirty once cut??? Any advice????

Sure the black fondant will be lovely. But I don't understand how you think the black fondant will be in contact with the white cake. The lime green fondant will cover the entire cake, yes? Then the black fondant ribbon gets applied to the green fondant?

I think it should be ok. I've used black fondant a couple times, none for a white cake though. I used purchased fondant(not homemade) and had a red velvet cake(twilight theme) and it sliced nicely no black streaks in the red cake or anything. Do you have time to do a practice mini, like a 4" or a cupcake, let it set then cut into it? If you're worried I might play it safe and go the ribbon route. Good luck and post pics!

thanks for the advice.....i just thought cutting through both the green and black fondant border would still leave a black streak on the white cake......i did buy ribbon just in case, still undecided on what the finishing touches will be.thanks again

No, you are not going to get a black streak thru your cake when cutting it. Take a look at the Red Rose cake in my photos. This cake was WASC and was torted and when cutting through the black stripes nothing left a streak any where. More than likely the black fondant band will break loose and fall off when they cut the cake into the small serving sized pieces as the fondant piece does dry. I used black Satin Ice and that stuff is the blackest black ever!!

If you are concerned about the color getting into the cake i would just recommend wiping your knife off after each pass through the cake..much like you would a cheesecake.

O.K O.K i'll stop overthinking it...thanks for all the expertise...HAPPY BAKING!!

I agree with everyone else. Black fondant isn't going to hurt your cake at all. People use black fondant on white fondant all the time and there is no trouble. I mean it doens't even hurt the fondant, let alone the cake underneath the fondant.

You are good to go!

The cake is done and pretty happy with the outcome...yes i did go with the black fondant border I can't seem to post the picture, it's the lime green one in my photo's, thanks for all your help!