My First Disaster Not Sure What I Did....
Decorating By patriciaab668 Updated 23 Aug 2007 , 1:02pm by DuckyChickenLady
I hade this great idea to try to cover my cake with mmf. I decided to do a marblelized color rolled it out and it looked great and thats when everything started to go down hill. I lifted the fondant to place over the cake and as I was placing it on the cake it ripped in 4 places 
. Ok must have rolled it to thin. So I try again and again it riped again . Ok now I'm mad, so i thought well maybe I can fix it so I rolled out some more and pieced it together to cover the holes we'll that looks horrible so I try to take it off no luck 
so at this point I'm in tears and really made so I called my sister and told her to come get it. Could some one please tell me how to get the mmf from the board to the cake in one piece I used the rolling pin method. Please help!!! This is the end result
Sorry I can't give any advice as I've never used fondant, still a buttercream newbie. I do love the color and your marbeling!
Hugs,
Diana in VA
Being an amateur I can't get the rolling pin method to work for me with any fondant, so what I do is: dust a board with cornstarch, rollout the fondant to the size I want, place the board over the cake and begin sliding the fondant off the board onto the cake. Only thing that works for me but I'm sure the experts who flip this stuff around on a rolling pin have a better idea.
well I have never used MMF so I am not sure what it is like to work with, but what I do is i roll my fondant out on my roul-pat then flip the whole roul-pat right over the top of the cake and gently peel (if necessary) the fondant off of the mat onto the cake. I then just smooth as normal.
I used the MMF last week to do 2 cakes. I had the same problem with it ripping many times. I tried corn starching the mat I was using, but same problem! So I ended up putting a nice coat of crisco on the mat and flipping the fondant twice as I was rolling it out and it finally worked. Good luck with future MMF uses! 
BTW, I love the color you made the fondant, even if it didn't turn out as you hoped!
I had the same problem with my MMF. I have come to the conclusion that it was the fondant. I purchased my first bucket of satin ice last week and have done 2 cakes with no problem.
ditto to that. I used a diffrent kind of fondant, not MMF and had the same issues with ripping and elephant skin and what not. I thought it was me and it was something I was doing wrong. Until I realized it was the fondant. I tried satin ice and never had an issue with it again. I will never ever use anything else.
Oh, I'm sorry this happened to you, I only use MMF (Satin ice for black and red only) and I've never had a problem with it ripping or tearing. My idea of what could've happen is, since you used color, fondant changes (even when people say that americolor or any gel past wont alter the texture, well it does) anyway, add more crisco, put it in the microwave for about 10-15 secs and knead in some crisco, this will add elasticity and will help with the tearing. What I do is roll my fondant on a roulpat and slowly peel it off, hold the fondant sheet with both my hands and arms (I wash up to my elbows) and place on top of the cake. My cakes rarely rip. Also, as you already said, don't roll it too thin. HTH and good luck!
I roll my fondant out on a piece of vinyl that I've coated very lightly with shortening then flip the whole thing over onto the cake a gently peel the vinyl off of the fondant. I've used both MMF and SatinIce with this technique with good luck!!
I just bought myself some vinyl from Joann's since I heard this worked really well! I was doing it the rolling it out, rolling it over your rolling pin, then finally unrolling it onto the cake...it worked pretty well, but I definitely have to practice on my smoothing techniques. I'm hoping the vinyl method will make my life a little easier 
Oh...btw, I was using MMF as well, and I made sure I was moving it around every couple of rolls, but I used powdered sugar to dust instead.
On cakes that size, I usually use one of those plastic flexible cutting boards to roll out on and then position the whole thing over the cake and peel the cutting board off the back. I've also just rolled out the MMF on wax paper, which seems to work, too. The rolling pin method has never worked for me, either. I also roll my mmf out pretty thick so I don't have to worry too much about tears. Still learning, tho!
I ditto the vinyl idea! I was using the round divider mat from Wilton, but found that it was too small and I always ended up rolling off the mat! I paid about $3.00 and got 1/2 metre of vinyl, and cut it in half and I now have 2 large squares for rolling on! Works like a charm!
I roll my fondant out on a piece of vinyl that I've coated very lightly with shortening then flip the whole thing over onto the cake a gently peel the vinyl off of the fondant. I've used both MMF and SatinIce with this technique with good luck!!
So with the way you do it you end up with the bottom part up? I mean, the side you roll and is smooth will end up towards the BC and the bottom part up? Sometimes the other side of the fondant (the one touching the vinyl) will have small lines and small creaces where the fondant starts streatching or shrinking, I hope I make sense.... just curious since I don't like the "other" side of fondant to be the side up on my cake. Just curious...
don't get discouraged just call it a special edition marbleized patchwork cake! sorry about your mmf issues.
chris
Nefgaby wrote:
"So with the way you do it you end up with the bottom part up? I mean, the side you roll and is smooth will end up towards the BC and the bottom part up? Sometimes the other side of the fondant (the one touching the vinyl) will have small lines and small creaces where the fondant starts streatching or shrinking, I hope I make sense.... just curious since I don't like the "other" side of fondant to be the side up on my cake. Just curious..."
I agree. I never use the underside of the fondant because of this reason and I too am curious.
I also roll my fondant out on a sheet of vinyl. I bought heavy duty vinyl from walmart. I marbled choc MMF and vanilla MMF. Just picked up the vinyl and placed it over the cake. I used nothing on the vinyl. If you roll it between 2 sheets, you can choose the side you like best. I used it on the marbled purse cake in my photos.
Have you tried working some more crisco into it? I have found that this helps it be more elastic. I haven't used the roling pin method with MMF. I just use a board with cornstarch.
Don't give up..you'll get it!
Ashlee
I was taught thru my local cake store classes the vinyl method. we were told to rub the vinyl with a light layer of crisco on the vinyl before we start rolling and also when the fondant starts to look like skin to rub a little crisco on it. I hope this will help you.
Being an amateur I can't get the rolling pin method to work for me with any fondant, so what I do is: dust a board with cornstarch, rollout the fondant to the size I want, place the board over the cake and begin sliding the fondant off the board onto the cake. Only thing that works for me but I'm sure the experts who flip this stuff around on a rolling pin have a better idea.
I have better luck with this method than I do with the rolling pin method. No sagging or stretching. This method is also recomended for larger cakes 
my MMF ripped on the pink 1st birthday cake i did last week, so i melted some MMF in the microwave and PAINTED it on in various stripes...it definitely gave it a textured look and it's not for all cakes, but it could work on something artistic...personally, i wish i could re-rolled that cake though...the "painting" just didn't suit it...
i think i will be out buying vinyl before my next cake for next week...
Wow...I have learned so much here just now...
I tried to cover my son's Bart Simpson cake in fondant...
Disaster!
So..I ripped the fondant off and molded him out of buttercream...lol
Next trip to Wally Mart & I am buying some vinyl!
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