Urgent Help!! Packaged Fondant Is Too Hard... What Can I Do?
Decorating By lucia Updated 3 Jul 2009 , 2:57pm by Shelly4481
I have used this product (Bakels Pettinice RTR icing) many times before and have never had a problem. However this batch seems really hard to knead and the icing started to crack before I had even finished covering a cake board.
I need to cover a 14" cake and I don't know how I am going to do it.
If anyone has any tips on what I can do to get the icing workable I would greatly appreciate it.
TIA - Lucia
I always microwave fondant,i'm too lazy to knead too much.
Keep kneading. Really you can work most of the dryness out this way by just blending and the heat from your hands will do the trick-- no need to microwave. Depending on how dry you might find yourself picking off stubborn little pieces that won't get soft, but overall it will return back to normal elasticity.
I found that it also helps to blend with a batch of fondant which isn't dry/cracking.
Thank you all for your suggestions. After 2 hours, approx 3 kilos of fondant and a very sore back - I gave up.
I called the supplier this morning and they informed me that they had had a few complaints - there must have been a bad batch. I returned unused portion to them and they gave me a new batch - worked like a dream.
Once again thanks - now as I am a day behind I need to get back to this cake...
I was wondering about that brand, I bought the bakels gumpaste and made some numbers with it and after 2 days they never hardened up to use. Very frustrating. Sorry off subject. Glad it worked out for you.
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