making my first dummy cake... do I need to coat the styrofoam with something to make the fondant stick?
And... using Satin Ice for the first time- should I roll it out with shortening or cornstarch? I've tried it with the shortening and it seems a bit soft.
thanks!!
I've never used Satin Ice before so I can't help there, but for the cake dummies I actually just mosten the dummy with water and the fondant stick great. That way if I want to use the dummy again I just peel of the fondant and there's no big mess to clean up. Just rince the dummy under water to get rid of any extra fondant bits!
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It really is not that smooth. I have been practicing and practicing. I use the piping gel, because that is what Maryann "moydear77" recommended, since she has been at a few of the OSSAS competitions I felt she knew what she was talking about and I can't see wasting all the expensive buttercream product on a dummy cake.
I do sand down the dummies also. I'm thinking about going really thick next time and polishing them off a lot with the fondant smoother.
Are your cake dummies smooth?
I use piping gel. I try to roll out the fondant a bit thicker then I would on a real cake. I never thought about using BC. I just didn't want to waste the frosting on a fake cake.
What is Satin Ice??
I can get them some what smooth, but I ALWAYS get cracks. I'm having issues with getting rid of those. I'm not sure if I'm just nit picking. Some mistakes, I can cover with flowers or decorations. But I always seem to obsess about the other little mistakes that still show through. I've seen other bakers and they have cracks and imperfections on their dummy cakes. Even big time in town bakers have cracks and things.
use shortening if it gets dry and cornstarch or powdered sugar if it's to sticky. But don't use to much shortening because it'll take longer to dry and it won't work well.
Use the powdered sugar or cornstarch like you would flour with dough.
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