First Time Using Mmf

Decorating By tdybear1978 Updated 6 Mar 2007 , 4:50pm by lapazlady

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tdybear1978 Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:31pm
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Hey everyone, I am using mmf for the first time today (on a practice cake) I am wanting to use it on a baby shower cake for thursday. my question is: How long after putting the mmf onto the cake can it just sit before sitting? I mean could I do the cake wednesday, let it sit overnight and it would be fine? Does it firm up and get hard on the cake? I have only used regular fondant a couple of time and only on dummy cake and it gets almost rock hard on the styrofoam, so I wasn't sure what would happen when it is on an actual cake. Please let me know your experiences. thanks to all

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sweetcakesva Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 3:46pm
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good question! I would love to know that! I guess though if you store in a box it should be fine.

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SILVERCAT Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 3:56pm
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I was told to let the mmf covered cake sit out so it loses the greasy look from the crisco! You should be fine if you do the cake on wed for thursday!

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toristreats Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 3:59pm
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I've found that MMF is much softer then the regular fondant. You would be fine to put it on the cake the day before.

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princess_tonya Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 4:01pm
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I made a mmf covered cake on Saturday and didn't eat it until Wednesday. It was still really good. I had even put it in the refrigerator. I just let it come back to room temp and it was still yummy. HTH

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lapazlady Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 4:02pm
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I frequently do cakes in steps,1. bake, freeze, (can be up to 2 weeks early), 2. thaw, tort, fill, crumb coat, and then 3. fondant. This might be over a couple of days. The next day (after putting the fondant on the cake) I start to decorate. I've had to take 2 full days to apply all the decorations and tiers. Never had a problem. (Just be sure the cake is well protected by the crumb coat and the fondant.)

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tdybear1978 Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 4:09pm
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thank you very much, I just wanted to make sure. I guess it just gets so hard on the dummy cake because there is really no moisture under there.?

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lapazlady Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 4:50pm
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I've put fondant on dummys but I haven't really checked to see if it remained soft after a day or two. I'll be sure to check on the next dummy I do. There's no problem on a cake, though.

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