Anyone Try/use Fondant Lifter??
Decorating By sugartopped Updated 18 Mar 2006 , 4:38am by PieceofCakeAZ
My vinyl thing was extra cheap, because it came in my Wilton course 3 kit, so I didn't have to pay anything extra for it! I don't use enough fondant to purchase the rings, actually didn't even know there was such a thing until now, but they sound like a good idea especially if you use fondant alot.
LOL.. The vinyl does the same thing LOL... for about 190 or so cheaper.
question for the vinyl users.......you have to flip the vinyl over to get the fondant on the cake?? that is where I have my problems...some part of it usually falls off before i get flipped all the way over ....so it tears or wrinkles!! am i doing it wrong??
$200.00 it looks like several plastic rings in different sizes. Check w/a plexiglass business and I would imagine it would be much less. Vinyl works for me too!
What kind of vinyl are you talking about?
It's the Wilton Roll and Cut Mat, $8.99. I've never had the fondant tear on me. I just position it over the cake, then do a quick flip onto the cake, the just peel off the mat. I guess I have a lot of experience with the flip from making tortillas! LOL
If you work with fondant cakes a lot the lifters are great. They save time and you don't have to smooth out any of those "bubbly" looking marks that you can get with using vinyl. They also make it easy for one person to cover large cakes without any assistance. I have the plastic one as well as a metal one . They got a lot of use until I ponied up for a 20" sheeter a few weeks ago but I will still use the largest ring (as a combo with the sheeter) if I need to cover a really big tier.
I have the plastic one as well as a metal one . They got a lot of use until I ponied up for a 20" sheeter a few weeks ago but I will still use the largest ring (as a combo with the sheeter) if I need to cover a really big tier.
Where did you get yours...plastic & metal? Didn't know they had plastic ones!! Are they cheaper than the metal?
just wondering if anyone has used or tried a fondant lifter??
http://www.choco-pan.com/pages/4/index.htm
Gads, for that price, *I'LL* come lift your fondant for you! 
I just use my good old vinyl matt..never had any problems.
May I ask how much a sheeter of that size runs? That's something I would LOVE to have!
It runs to 20" wide so the max I can cover without some additional rolling is a 12" tier. Covering a 14"+ isn't really that bad though, I just run the fondant through on a higher thickness setting and then hand roll out the next few inches.
It is incredible for coloring forndant, dab a little color onto a blob of fondant and fold it once and zip it through fold it again and zip it through, and keep repeating until the color is fully blended. It is so much easier on the hands and forearms than coloring manually.
Kevin
I have the plastic one as well as a metal one . They got a lot of use until I ponied up for a 20" sheeter a few weeks ago but I will still use the largest ring (as a combo with the sheeter) if I need to cover a really big tier.
Where did you get yours...plastic & metal? Didn't know they had plastic ones!! Are they cheaper than the metal?
Technically they are nylon. The link in the initial post appears to be a link to the nylon version.
[quote="PieceofCakeAZ]
It runs to 20" wide so the max I can cover without some additional rolling is a 12" tier. Covering a 14"+ isn't really that bad though, I just run the fondant through on a higher thickness setting and then hand roll out the next few inches.
It is incredible for coloring forndant, dab a little color onto a blob of fondant and fold it once and zip it through fold it again and zip it through, and keep repeating until the color is fully blended. It is so much easier on the hands and forearms than coloring manually.
Kevin[/quote]
ok, what is a sheeter??
how about it you use a hula hoop..hahaha...j/k
if i have a big one, i roll the fondant on my counter and then slide a large cake board under it to hold the fondant...then put the cake down and slide the fondant off the board and onto the cake...does that make sense??
i do that whe i torte cake layers too, so the layers won't break, i slide soemthing under them to hold them and then one i spread the cream, i just slide the layer off the board or rack an back onto the cake
Haha, no I meant the price.
Oops... I'm a jackass. 
In my defense, yesterday started a "20 weddings in 11 days" run and I am not getting much sleep right now. I got a Somerset (like this one http://www.smrset.com/CDR-500F.html ) for $2000 used. They sell them on ebay for around $3000 with shipping so I was lucky enough to find one locally and save $1000.
ok, what is a sheeter??
It's like a huge pasta machine. 
I didn't see if this was posted before but here is a step by step visual aid for using the lifters:
http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/misc/fond-lifter.htm
PieceofcakeAZ....thanks for the links!!
Hadn't seen the instructions for the lifter yet...so that helps. sometimes it's easier to see how it's done rather than read about it!!
and the sheeter....looks like a dream machine for me!!! i'd LOVE to have that!! but def. don't do enough cakes to justify that purchase!! i can hear my husband now!!! 
ohh, they used to have one of those sheeters at the bakery i worked at...they are PRICELESS!!!!!!!!
Wow, 20 weddings in 11 days...I am in awe!
2 grand...that's a pretty penny. Well worth it, I imagine, with such a grueling schedule!
Thanks for sharing.
~ Sherri
Sherri-
It's not a lot for some bakeries, but with just my wife and I it is a handful. We usually only accept 6 a week but due to a couple of new relationships with caterers we had a ton of business dumped on us all at once. On the upside, all 5 cakes for tomorrow are done so I can watch some basketball tonight.
Kevin
I didn't realize you had a bakery...or that you were a guy. LOL
That's pretty cool. My husband keeps asking me to look into opening a dessert/coffee house. He is wonderful about helping me with cakes, but I couldn't imagine doing it full time with him though. I am way too impatient and bossy.
I didn't realize you had a bakery...or that you were a guy. LOL
That's pretty cool. My husband keeps asking me to look into opening a dessert/coffee house. He is wonderful about helping me with cakes, but I couldn't imagine doing it full time with him though. I am way too impatient and bossy.
We don't have the full bakery set up yet, we are sharing space with a caterer right now. We did just sign a lease on our own facility last month and the sinks get installed on Monday. 
Unfortunately we still have to get everything else up and rolling and that will likely take another month or so. 
My wife couldn't have imagined me caking with her either, she did it part time for 6+ years and then I started helping out with some marketing and all of the sudden last August we both quit our "real" jobs and went full time. So far so good, but I do miss playing golf twice a week. 
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