I MADE A PETAL SHAPED CAKE FOR MY MOTHER-IN-LAWS BIRTHDAY TODAY AND WHEN I PUT ON THE FONDANT THERE SEEMED TO BE AN EXCESS OF IT ON THE SIDES WHEN I TRIED TO SMOOTH IT, I HAVE ONLY DECORATED ROUND AND SQUARE CAKES BEFORE AND I REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS SHAPE.
HAS ANYONE GOT ANY TIPS PLEASE?

You need to order SugarShack's (Sharon Zambito's) fondant DVD. She shows in detail how to cover several different shaped cakes and the petal cake is one of them.

I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET IT THANK YOU

i would like to appologise for using capital letters, i have just found out it means you are shouting.