Any Way To Get Fondant To Peel Off Easily?
Decorating By ceshell Updated 2 Jan 2007 , 11:03pm by ShirleyW
Is this even possible?? I love working with fondant and have only wrapped an entire cake one time, but I was definitely naive in thinking I could just peel the fondant off before serving the cake (even I don't like to eat it, and I only use MMF). I probably thought you could do this because I have heard that some caterers remove fondant before serving wedding cake.
Anyway it definitely destroyed the frosting coat as I attempted to remove it...and I'd thought I'd put the frosting on thick enough to withstand the removal of the fondant. The frosting was whipped ganache, and because I can't stand to see good chocolate wasted (!) I stopped pulling off the fondant and served the rest of the cake w/fondant, warning the guests that although the fondant tasted good it didn't really complement the cake and they may wish to eat around it.
So back to my original question: is there anything one can do before laying the fondant onto the cake which will make it easier to remove, or does that not even make sense since you obviously need it to stick to the cake, and you can't have it both ways?
LOL I just want to decorate my cake and eat it too 
I noticed on Disney Weddings on Food Network that when cutting and serving they peeled all the fondant off the cakes and yet it left a coating of buttercream underneath. Not sure how it was done unless the cakes were cold, but it had been on display in the reception room so you would think it would have been room temperature by cutting time. It may depend on the type of buttercream you use or maybe even the type of fondant. I used Sarah Bernhardt chocolate glaze with Pettinice chocolate fondant and was able to peel it off and still leave enough icing on the cake to be presentable, but the SB glaze has lots of butter in it, so maybe that helped.
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