Please Help, Quick Question...i Promise!

Decorating By melyissa Updated 28 Jul 2007 , 5:50am by projectqueen

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melyissa Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 5:04am
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Hello again everyone! So...I go to roll the fondant and hey look at that...no powdered sugar. It's 1am, I need to finish the fondant accents, airbrush them, put them on the cake AND do a whole other cake that I haven't even started yet....and I have no PS. Can I use corn starch or something? The only other powdered substances that I have here are...


Baby powder...ha, don't think that would taste to good! thumbsdown.gif
Baking Powder ...NOT thumbsdown.gif
Royal Icing mix?? icon_confused.gif
Gumpaste mix?? icon_confused.gif
or corn starch??? icon_confused.gif

What do you think?? Any suggestions? I appreciate all your help everyone. I wouldn't be able to do this any more without CC!!

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lilthorner Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 5:19am
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cornstarch

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lilthorner Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 5:19am
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or roll out with crisco

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melyissa Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 5:26am
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Thank you! I was thinking about the crisco thing but I have to airbrush them and I wasn't sure if that would affect it or not. I'm gonna try the cornstarch. Thanks again for your help!! icon_smile.gif

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lilthorner Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 5:38am
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i thought about that too, becasue of the crisco, but I was thinking that once u roll it out the side u airbrush wont have the crisco... hope it works out for you

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weirkd Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 5:47am
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Yah, the crisco will not work well with coloring so try to use the cornstarch. If you need to adhere them to the cake I would suggest making your royal icing mix.

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projectqueen Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 5:50am
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Either cornstarch or Crisco. Only thing I find is that the cornstarch will dry out the fondant quickly so don't use too much. Also, sometimes it's hard to roll out on the cornstarch because it just slides around. The Crisco holds the fondant in place better but I don't know anything about the airbrushing with the Crisco.

Good luck.

P.S. I thought I was the only one finishing a cake at 1 am with another still to do for tomorrow deadline. Yikes!

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