I am doing this cake for a friend next weekend and need some advice. It is an all red cake with frosting and fondant. For the fondant I ordered Satin Ice. It is made with a picket fence look to it. So as far as I can tell, I need to cut the peices individually and attach them around the cake. My question is do I assemble the layers then put the fondant around the cake, or do I attach the fondant to each layer before I stack the cake. I do have to deliver the cake, but only about 5 blocks from my home. Any suggestions would be very helpful, I have never done a cake like this before! Thank you very much! Keli
wow that is beautiful.. I would stack them all first then add the red pieces starting from top to bottom.. just incase you bumb the bottoms one when you do the top.. just sounds easier.. oh my! well check out the articles. it has an article on how to stack and use wooden dowels..
GOOD LUCK!
Thank you. That is what I was thinking too, but I have read that you should assemble when you get to the wedding and I did not want to have to stack the cake and then add the fondant while at location. So it should be ok if I stacked it, add fondant, then transport it finished? I am just nervous about driving with it done. Keli
You should cut a template out of card stock or cardboard. Place the template on your colored, rolled-out fondant, and cut around each piece with a knife or small rolling pastry cutter. Place each piece aside to dry overnight, and then stack and decorate your cake. 
Neat cake, by the way! That's going to take a LOT of red coloring.
I think any fondant will dry hard if left out long enough. I have never used SatinIce before, so I don't know what it's texture is like. But, if you were to put these on the cake as you cut them, they shouldn't get solid as a rock. Just like covering a cake with fondant. I mentioned the texture because if the fondant is "sturdy" enough, (Can't think of the right word), the top part of the picket shouldn't fall over. It doesn't look like that there is a lot of the picket that is not being supported by the cake, that's why I said it may not fall over. Or let them dry long enough so picket has some stiffness to it. You should be able to cut the cake just like any fondant covered cake. You might have to break off the tip of a picket to get started.
Gosh, I'm probably not helping at all!! Sorry!!
I use Satin Ice and FondX (both of which I love) and they both dry like fondant. The longer it's out, the harder it gets, but I have a dummy cake that's been covered in fondant and sitting out for a couple of months and I took the fondant off of it and only the outside is hard, the fondant that's been next to the "cake" isn't hard.
Anyway, I can't wait to see your cake when you are done. That's a cute cake, please post pics!
Oh and I would put the red on after it's stacked. If you don't get them lined up perfectly at the bottom (or trimmed even with the board) the fondant and the bottom will "buckle" and mess up your design.
Good luck!
Suz
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