How Do You Get The Powdered Sugar Off The Fondant?
Decorating By kutabby Updated 25 Mar 2009 , 3:54pm by too_nice_to_slice
Maybe I use too much, very well could be! But I am having a terrible time getting my cakes clean when I've got them completed. The more I work to get the powdered sugar off, the more I risk messing up all my work! I especially notice it when I have cut outs that I've attached - the pwd sugar clings to the sides of the cut out. I work only w/ MMF, so maybe that's it. Or maybe I'm just being to critical 
Any help would be great!
Tabby
I use a pastry brush very gently to brush the powder away.
You can also take a paper towel and apply a very LIGHT application of shortening to get the ps off. It looks shiny at first, but the shortening will absorb into the fondant and it won't be shiny anymore.
Ditto newmansmom! I learned that trick from SugarShacks videos!
LOL - that's where I learned it, too!
I use corn starch, but since I use my hand instead of a plastic fondant smoother to smooth my cakes, it pretty much buffs off any residue that's left. Also, all of my cakes get airbrush with a layer of shimmer at the end, so that takes care of any stubborn spots.
I use corn starch, but since I use my hand instead of a plastic fondant smoother to smooth my cakes, it pretty much buffs off any residue that's left. Also, all of my cakes get airbrush with a layer of shimmer at the end, so that takes care of any stubborn spots.
Have you ever used just vodka in your airbrush to get rid of any residue on a fondant cake? I had seen the staffers doing this on Ace of Cakes and wondered why they were giving a final coat of vodka so I e-mailed and asked them! Lo and behold I get a response from Mary Alice and she says they do that to get rid of any powdered sugar/corn starch on the final cake. They use a lot of pre-colored fondant so if they're not doing a final coat of color on the fondant they'll use the vodka to clean it up.
I roll out on PS and use my steamer to get my cakes clean. I didn't discover this until like three cakes or so ago, but it works like a charm. I don't know if it would do the same for cornstarch, I've only used that once, and only because I wasn't in my own kitchen and that's what they had available to me.
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