Help Pleeease...fondant Sagging And Getting Black Spots!!!

Decorating By astro Updated 12 May 2006 , 9:57pm by Omicake

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astro Posted 12 May 2006 , 2:28pm
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I did a trial run of my best friends wedding cake (6 inch layer) last night. Since I'm in the wedding cake set up is complicated and I need a way to prepare it the day before. I baked a carrot cake, crumb coated it with cream cheese icing and froze it. I removed it from the freezer, let it thaw (was still a little cold) then covered it with SatinIce. It looked awesome! This morning when I got up the fondant was sagging and there were tiny black dots in the fondant on the top of the cake. Please, please help! Can anyone tell me what went wrong? Has this happened to any of you?

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prettytoya Posted 12 May 2006 , 2:31pm
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Bump!

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Cake_Geek Posted 12 May 2006 , 4:52pm
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How thin did you roll it? Did you put an adequate (kind of thick) layer of bc or some sort of frosting under the fondant?

I've never heard of fondant sagging. I can only think the dots were from the cake crumbs under the fondant.

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astro Posted 12 May 2006 , 8:44pm
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I rolled it pretty thin, about 1/4 inch. Is this too thin? I did have a layer of cream cheese icing underneath, but I think that is maybe what started to sag.

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Doug Posted 12 May 2006 , 9:34pm
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cream cheese frosting gets soft very easy and could lead to sagging.

when I do cream cheese frosting, I keep the cake in the frig to make sure it stays firm


as for spot..black?? hmmm....dust? dirt? mold? (here in NC, blink and mold grows!) tiny nats? ya' no those "no-see-ums" that are so prevalent?


(oh and HI from someone who grew up just down the road a bit in Danville!)

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astro Posted 12 May 2006 , 9:39pm
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Doug, thanks for the tip. So you can refrigerate the fondant too? You've used fondant over cream cheese before? I was worried about the mold thing to! I sealed it up in a cake carrier which probably didn't help my moisture problems!
Cool that you're from right around the corner...I would love to end up somewhere like NC someday!

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Doug Posted 12 May 2006 , 9:50pm
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yes, can put fondant in frig, but it has a tendency to get condensation on it when brought out.

I've tried covering dry fondant w/ paper towels before putting in fridge to act as barrier when brought out -- limited success.

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Omicake Posted 12 May 2006 , 9:57pm
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Never have used cream cheese under the fondant. I always use BC.

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