How Do I Stop This From Happening?
Decorating By button-moon Updated 4 Dec 2006 , 5:01pm by Loucinda
this is the first time ive ever covered a cake without getting folds down the side!! but i got rips all round the top of the cake...how do i stop this from happening? i use a ready to roll fondant that comes out a box and i colour it myself..anyone have any ideas on how to stop it from doing this?
I've just started learning to cover cakes with fondant to and have been teaching myself so it's been just trial and error. I kept having that happen to me. I think it was because I had it rolled to thin.
I just covered one last night with chocolate fondant and surpisingly it was my first really successful one!
Just keep trying! You'll get it!
There are several things you can do--Knead the fondant very well-This will make it more elastic.
Also I find that a thinner fondant gives me less tearing on the edge. You need to smooth it over thedges quickly-The weight of the excess fonandt will start to pull if there is too much. HTH.
also if you put a little white veggie fat on your hands to knead it, it helps give it a little more flexibility.
also, if it doesn't get better it could be that the coloring you're using has a drying agent or you need to change the type of fondant that you use.
HTH
Roll your fondant a little thicker and when you are smoothing your fondant smooth it upward instead of down.
Jacqui
The few times i've used Pettinice that's happened to me. Wouldn't rubbing Crisco (veg.fat) make it shiny in that spot? Maybe i didn't knead it long enough.
The few times i've used Pettinice that's happened to me. Wouldn't rubbing Crisco (veg.fat) make it shiny in that spot? Maybe i didn't knead it long enough.
you use it on your hands, the warmth of your hand working the fondant and will make the fondant workable.
Thanks Risque. I knead/roll out w/ Crisco but I generally use SatinIce. Maybe Pettinice needs more "working"? I have very cold hands so it takes me forever to knead.
Thanks Risque. I knead/roll out w/ Crisco but I generally use SatinIce. Maybe Pettinice needs more "working"? I have very cold hands so it takes me forever to knead.
I rub my hands together to get them to "heat" up..sometimes I feel like a mad scientist, rubbing my hands together and getting that "SUGAR GLEEM" in my eyes..
Bwaaaaaaaaahaahahaa 
I havn't covered a cake in fondant yet but when I made the fondant fairies, I used crisco to smooth it back out when it would start to tear and it worked great.
Lol! RisqueBusiness, you always make your posts so fun to read! Lots of humor! You always get a smile or chuckle out of me.
thanks for all your replies...but what is crisco? im from england so maybe its an american product? id love to try your methods out, but what is it!! lol
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