Hello ladies
I'm making a wedding cake in about a month, 3-tier, SQUARE, 16, 12, 8in. I need to figure out how much fondant I would need for the cake, how would I do that? I've never worked with fondant for such big cakes, so if you have any ideas, please help me out.
I found 10-lb white rolled fondant to buy online for about $48, is that a good deal? And is the ROLLED fondant actually already rolled out???
Thanks for any ideas and suggestions.
Olga
10 pound white fondant + shipping is a little expensive, unless you are reffering to chocopan since it has more coverage than regular fondant. I would suggest Satin Ice or much better, try Jennifer Dontz semi homemade recipe. 16 is a lot to cover. I would advice using a mat.
Rolled fondant DOESN'T mean its already rolled out in sheets and ready to be laid onto the cake. They usually just come in buckets or sealed in some kind of container, you have to knead it and roll it with a rolling pin. Oh actually, I've seen already rolled flat sheets of fondant somewhere.. I just dont remember where.
Bummer, they shouldn't say then that it's rolled fondant 
. That website for Satin Ice fondant is awesome. They have 20lb white fondant for $45 that's so much cheaper than the other one that I saw. Thank you.
Now would 20lb be enough to cover all 3 square sheets?
Here is a link to the Wilton site, to a guide on how much fondant you'll need.
http://www.wilton.com/decorating/fondant/fondant-amounts-to-cover-cakes.cfm
I just wanted to say, since it's your first time with that much fondant, you should definitely practice on a small square cake first, or even on a dummy cake. I hear that square cakes are harder than round. Good luck!!
Hello again
So I'm wondering if Wilton's quantity of fondant chart is pretty accurate or not? I saw few other websites where it seems like Wilton's chart uses smaller quantity. I want to make sure that I buy enough of fondant, and won't be short at the end.
Also, do you ladies have any clue where I could get plastic square bases for each tier. They will be stacked directly on top of each other, but I know that besides dowels, I need to have each tier either on a cardboard cut-out or plastic square sheet. So, any ideas? I can't find anything in the stores here, and I've tried online as well, and haven't found anything yet.
Thank you again for so much help.
Olga
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