Hi.
I covered my cake with fondant yestday. Today, I realised that pleats have formed at the bottom, making the cake look very unsightly. Also, i've started to notice cracks on the cake.
My cake has to be ready in 8hrs time. Is there anyway to recover from the pleats and cracks? Or should i remove the whole fondant cover and start all over again?
Appreciate any help on this!!!
Thks!
...let's see what someone else has to say.
My first sugarpaste cake did the exact same thing.....I did not trim or smooth properly (and icing was not warm or thin enough).......try lifting cake using a slightly smaller bowl/cup and trim away as much as you can from the base.
try filling in the cracks (if they are bad) with some royal icing??!!
Hope this helps!!!!!!!
I'm actually already in the midst of decorating the cake.....only just realised that the pleats seem to be 'multiplying'.
I've really a beginner in this (not that hard to guess!!)....if I were to re-cover the cake, how long do i have to wait before decorating it? Yesterday, i left it overnight after covering and only start decorating it just now.
Is it one layer or there is one cake on top of the other? Home made fondand or any of the brands? what did you used to glue the fondand to the cake? are you in a humid weather? you need to give us more clues so we can help you
It's a one layer cake...actually is Noddy car cake (from Debbie Brown book). I've crumb coat it with buttercream and i'm using Pettinice.
And yes, weather over here is hot and humid.
If the weather is too humid the sugar absorbs t
it and gets too soft, and start falling of the cake, also the cake it self is too soft so it settles down moving and pleating the fondant on top.
what I would do is remove the fondant and cover it again with a fresh batch. You can add a little bit of gum tragacant just to make it more firm and dry. After you finish, keep the cake in a dry place with closed widows and AC
Okie, now i've completed re-covering the cake.
Some of the decorative features which i've saved(made of fondant) have now dried up and there are some cracks. Anyway to salvage these?
TIA!
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