I just started getting into cake decorating last month and am having so much fun. I'm getting ready to attempt my first fondant cake (beehive). I made a couple bumble bees with fondant tonight just practicing and fooling around. I'm actually very pleased with how the bees turned out. I ran into a little trouble though. My fondant of course wanted to stick to the counter so I put powdered sugar down. The powdered sugar was only moderately helpful and it made my black colored fondant "dusty". What do I need to put down under the fondant when rolling it out and working with it to keep it from sticking?
Thanks in advance!
I use powdered sugar also. If the fondant is real sticky you'll need to use more. I use cocoa powder with the PS if I'm using it on black or chocolate. Some people also use corn starch. You will have to wipe it off real good if you use anything white on it. HTH
I roll my fondant out on a mat that I coated with crisco.
I keep my fondant from sticking by working a little shortening into it. The consistency changes just enough to keep it from sticking a lot. You still need powdered sugar under it, but not as much. I do this for figures and for rolled fondant, as well.
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