After seeing the Bobby Flay Wedding Cake Throwdown show, it got me thinking.............for those of you who have done wedding cakes, which is the preferred look........the perfection of fondant or the home-made appeal of a good buttercream cake?

deb

Fondatn from my experiences, because they want that "sleek, smooth" look all uniformed.

BC...I do believe....BUT I think it depends on the cake occasion....weddings - fondant, everything else - BC

Keep on baking!!

Cindy

Buttercream. I have found that although alot of the brides like the look of fondant often it is a money issue on paying the extra.

For weddings, I would prefer to work with fondant (in fact I'd prefer to work with fondant full stop!), and the cost doesn't seem to matter as much for weddings. For other cakes, buttercream is often chosen as the fondant bumps the price up for a party cake, and most people don't want to pay for it, no matter how beautiful it looks!

Buttercream..thankfully!!!! ....many brides specifically tell me they don't want that thick nasty tasting stuff they have had on other wedding cakes.


Makes me wonder just what kind of fondant places are using.