Adhering Fondant Band To Buttercream Icing
Decorating By ihavasweet2th Updated 20 Jul 2005 , 12:41pm by Sugar
I am icing a wedding cake with Buttercream Icing. Any tips on adhering a 1 1/2 band of fondant around the bottom edge of each tier? Any tips will be greatly appreciated! A BIG Thanks in advance!!
~Luraleigh~
I meant to say a 1 1/2 inch wide band of fondant around the bottom!!
Thanks!!
~Luraleigh~
It just sticks naturally. Chill the cake a bit so the icing won't smudge. Roll out your fondant band and cut it to size, take the chilled cake from the fridge and wrap it around the cake.
It helps a bit to have a helper for that, one person holds the strip lightly in their hands carefully while the other person feeds in onto the cake neatly...so you aren't pulling and it won't get mishapen or tear. 
I'm curious - don't you end up with a seam where the ends come together? Is this usually not noticeable? Is there a way to fix/blend the seam? I've just been wondering this because I love this look but I can't imagine how you can have a continuous ribbon without seeing where it comes together and thought that might look tacky on the back of the cake - what if the cake were in the center of the room and there really was no "back"? I know, that probably sounds crazy.
I'm also curious about the seam. I did a drum cake out of fondant and attached a fondant ribbon around the bottom and could not get the seam to blend. I wet it a little with water and it blended somewhat, but it was still a noticeable seam.
I went to a fondant class and the instructor told us to use piping gel to attatch fondant to buttercream icing. I have found that the fondant will attach to the buttercream without piping gel, and if you refridgerate the cake before you attatch the band you won't pull the buttercream icing off the cake if you need to take the band off for any reason. About the seam: after the bands been attatched brush some water where the two ends meet. If you rub it lightly with your finger you can get the ends to mesh together, I usually use the brush to give the band a more natural look. Just so it doesnt look like they are two ends that have been molded together and gives the appearence that there is no seam.
Hope this helps and good luck! 
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