As I had posted in another topic, I bought the stand on the cover of the 07 yearbook. I am making my cake today, and I made my first batch of mmf, thank god for my KA, I don't think my Betty Crocker mixer would have been able to handle mmf!! So far so good, it tastes pretty good, but I'm new to fondant so when I lay it on the cake, I get 'poofs' on the sides. I will post pics when I'm done.
make fondant circle bigger than cake
method one:
put cake on tall object so fondant can fall freely on all sides when put on (a can of crisco works great for this, so do the big fruit juice cans)
then put on fondant and smooth.
trim off excess right at bottom of board.
http://www.wilton.com/wedding/makecake/fondant/index.cfm
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method 2:
put cake on counter or turntable (better choice)
put on fondant
it will poof
trim off most (but not all) of excess, leave about an inch excess
smooth flat as far down as possible, gently pushing excess out from cake.
trim again (pizza cutter works great) right at the bottom of the cake , sort of angle in a bit.
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see also: http://www.atecousa.net/learn/satin_ice_1.shtml
HTH
ok, thanks........on another note, I got the cake done, I did trim the third cake but still had a bit of 'poof', I guess I made too much mmf cause I still have a whole batch left. I'm going to get a dummy cake to practice with and I'm going to practice fondant flowers with what I have left over.
I used to have that problem....practice makes perfect! I just keep on trying and I've noticed that my cakes are getting less "poof" as I go along. I can't cover a square to save my life yet though. I can cover hearts and rounds, but no squares!
My first (and last to date) square ended up looking like a present in the back with overlapping MMF. 
It was just a practice anyway for the Father's Day contest (it's the Home Depot hat cake) so I didn't care so much.
This is my second time working with fondant, I figure each cake I do is more practice, eventually I will get it right. The link Doug gave me was very helpful, next time I do fondant I am going to use the tips the guy in the video showed. I think I am starting to like fondant, and yes, the marshmellow fondant taste much much better than the Wilton fondant. It was so simple to make too. 
Doug's link rocked! I checked it out myself and I think that will definitely help me out....I tend to go around the cake instead of down sometimes....I had a hard time covering a slanted cake I did tonight...I had poof and cracks and splits.....grrrrrrr
Oh well, more practice! 
This link that doug gave was great.
( http://www.atecousa.net/learn/satin_ice_1.shtml )
It's nice for novices like me to actualy see someone do what I usually only read about.
thanx Doug
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