Do you steam you fondant cakes to make them "shiny" not a flat finish? I have a cake coming up and want it to not look dry should i steam it like the cake shows? I will buy a hand held clothing steamer tomrw.

I have only heard of steaming gum paste flowers.

I have been using a steamer on mine for the past couple of months. I do like the way it looks on most of the cakes but love the way it cleans the excess powdered sugar off the fondant. I use to use vodka and a small paint brush to clean up the fondant and it took forever and there were some areas I just could not get to very well. A steamer saves me so much time but don't over steam or hold it in one spot to long, it will make the fondant wet and sticky. You want to just go over the fondant light and quickly. I bought mine at Walmart for about 20.00. HTH

This post cracked me up. I've seen a million posts on why you shouldn't refrigerate your fondant cakes because it causes condensation on the outside of the cake and all those people thought that was a no-no. I had no idea people were using steamers to get that look on purpose By the way, I live in Hawaii and I don't have airconditioning. I refrigerate all my fondant cakes and my cakes always have that "glossy" look and I love it.