I was wondering how to make the edges of my fondant covered cakes so crisp? Mine end up being more rounded (almost like a small dome shape on the top) and I want them to be closer to 90 degrees. I hope this makes sense lol.

Less like this:
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1392901

And more like this:
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1440747

TIA!

Welll....the example you showed that you want to be like is not fondant.

You have to finish off you BC iced cake like you weren't going to put fondant on. If it's not sharp, level and smooth before you put fondant on, it ain't gonna be any different when you do. Make sure your cake top is perfectly flat. Looks like you aren't levelling, or are leaving too much icing on top .

Takes practice!

Oh, edited to add:

Using two fondant smoothers at one time helps too. Using ganache instead of BC is a help, and working on well chilled cake helps as well. It's hard for me to do anything with fondant on a room temp cake...I don't even bother.

not really sure about this but, how do you put your cakes together. I put the 2 tops in the center. That makes the top of your cake more crisp. HTH

Well I've always heard that if you use ganache under your fondant that's how you get those crisp corners. I tried it and liked it but I used white chocolate ganache and it didn't get as hard as dark chocolate. Otherwise for some people who use bc they let it set in the frig or on counter until it get's hard crust before applying fondant. But I still think ganache looks so much better, look at planet cakes. They are so crisp, one day I'll be that good.

you can also buy smoothers for the edges of your cake to make them a crisp corner like this one..

http://www.squires-shop.com/ibf/index.php?p=product&id=4939&parent=252

Yeah, the example is buttercream...and we all wish we could be Edna when we grow up

Anyhow, you might try putting your cake in the fridge for a while before you put the fondant on. I don't usually do that but last weekend I made a cake that had to be refrigerated and I was amazed at how much nicer my edges were on a cold cake.

OH , haha oops, but edges like that. I have seen some fondant cakes with those nice edges.

Thanks for the other tips! That cake I posted a pic of was one of those "just get it on and get it done" bc it had been such a nightmare lol. It was like my 3rd cake with fondant. The next one I did ended up a lot better, but the edges still weren as perfect as I wanted them.

i would say... to invest in sharon zambito's dvd's... they are wonderful.. i have not perfected my b/c to look like fondant either.. but i keep looking at her dvd/s .... she has one on perfecting b/c .. fondant... stacking cakes.. and topsy turvy. they are absolutely wonderful... jennifer dontz has several also. hers are wonderful too. and yes .. edna does teriffic work also. she is on youtube and her site showing b/c.. hth

Oh, I missed this one. Yes I do level my cakes. Like I said, that cake was a disaster from start to finish lol.

Thanks . I noticed that too that I expected more of a difference in size once they were put together. My next one will be a 6, 10 instead of 8, 10. It wont be fondant though, I am making cammoflage in pieces with rolled buttercream (pink, purple, and white).

That is going to be so cute!

I've never tried rolled buttercream. I may have to try it soon (in the fall because of the darn heat around here).

I'm not exactly an expert on acheiving crisp edges, but I know getting two fondant smoothers has helped me. Work the side one in an "upward" motion while holding the other one on top perpendicular. Good luck.