Please Help My Cheese Wedge!
Decorating By pottedmeatchunks Updated 29 Jul 2007 , 11:30pm by trinity021
this is my greasy nacho cheese wad i made. what can i do to fix it? this is the result of a) my lack of skill with MMF or fondant in general and b) waaaay too much crisco (i had to put in a lot because my mmf was cracking everywhere...i put too much sugar in it) and c) my lack of icing coloring skills. once its nacho you cant go back!
it supposed to look like a handsome slab of cheese to accompany a wine picnic basket, the cake i'm making tomorrow. what do you suppose would happen if i rubbed cornmeal all over it to sort of absorb up some of the wetness?
hi infields!
what is the ratio of cornstarch to powdered sugar? i should have asked before i assumed...i did half and half and now i have a sticky goop glaze on top of the fondant lol
I too think it looks great. You could try patting it gently with a paper towel to try to absorb some of the shiney. You might also consider whipping up a couple of quick mice to stick onto the cheese for further effect.
A really simple way to make mice is to dip a marachino cherry into melted choc let set, then dip again, lay it down on it's side so the stem looks like a tail, then place a hershey kiss on it's side up against the cherry for it's nose than put two slivers of almonds on top for it's ears. Cute cute cute and super yummy
Did you say mice?
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_91712.html
ooohhh there they are!!! I should have known that someone would have a pic of them here. Thanks 7yyrt for putting a picture to my nonsensical ramblings.
I just love these, sometimes I'll just whip up a few for a quick sweet treat for the family after dinner. Everyone who has had them gets the biggest kick out of them, I never thought of putting them on cookies what a great idea, and how fun in a cheese gift basket! Too cute.
those are soo cute and how creative! I love the photo too, cheese, cheese, everywhere!! 
thanks for the ideas guys!! i know exactly the mice you're talking about..i made them for christmas last year!
the cake really is nacho cheese...my camera is not so good and those colors are in person about twice as bright as the pic shows. i just loaded in sun yellow wilton dye until i needed shades it was so bright and then added a drop of americolor super red and oooh boy then the color really took flight!
heres what i'm going to do because im a perfectionist and i cant STAND it when i'm unhappy with something. I'll make another cake up and save this one for roomie and bf to snack on (it is afterall only a 5in) and this time im going to try americolor ivory mixed with a smidgen of golden yellow, should look much more natural.
Well, I think your cheese looked great! And thanks so much everyone, for telling how to make those mice! Those are soooooo cute! I can''t wait to make them for something!
Christie
ok im a liar i didnt redo the cheese... but i did finish the basket so i thought id post the final result (with mice!!)
http://spiffycake.com/cheesewinepicnic1.JPG
http://spiffycake.com/cheesewinepicnic2.JPG
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