First Time Covering A Cake In Fondant
Decorating By Lisakay0510 Updated 22 Oct 2008 , 1:01am by Memie
Hello, if anyone has suggestions or answers to my questions I would greatly appreciate it! I have never covered a cake in fondant and am going to make my first attempt with my son's 2nd birthday cake. After I put a crumb coat of BC on the cake, do I put the cake in the freezer/refridgerator before putting on the layer of BC or after. Should I make sure the cake is cold when I put the fondant on it? Should the cake be refridgerated after the fondant is put on or left out. I am going to make my own MMF-first as well. I'm afraid I am not going to do something right and end up with an awful cake haha! Thank you! 
Hi, You don't need to put the cake in the fridge before crumbcoating unless the filling you use has to be refridgerated. After you put the crumbcoat, you can put it in the freezer about 10 minutes, until you roll out your fondant. Then put the fondant on.
I never put my fondant covered cakes in the fridge. But I know some members do that. The fondant might get sticky and guey.
But it all depends on the filling. 
I put my fondant covered in the fridge - every single one of them. Only twice have I had issues but both werecompletely and easily resolved with a hair dryer!
The first time was when I had to put a cake in the freezer for a few days (I went on vacation 
) and I didn't think to slowly defrost it in the fridge first. So the condensation was greater than normal.
The second time was a rainy day when I took the cake out of the fridge. The condensation normally dries in 3 hrs, but 5 hrs later this cake was still wet so I pulled out the hair dryer and it worked like a charm (and instantly!).
The condensation has never created a problem with my fondant. I usually use MMF but I've also used Satin Ice and Fondarific.
Great Tip with the hair dryer...I will keep that in mind!
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