I've made two cakes with fondant now and will be making my daughters wedding cake in a month. She would like the fondant peeled off before the cake is served. Is this common? I tried with the other cakes and it didn't peel too well. How can I get this to work better without messing up the frosting? thnx!

"without messing up the icing" ..... do you mean without pulling the icing off and leaving a naked cake? Or are you just worried about leaving it "pretty"?

If it's the latter, I wouldn't worry about it. Once the photographer is done with the cake, I start tearing that puppy down and keeping it pretty is not even on my to-do list.

Why does she want you to go to all of that mess anyway? Each piece would only have a 1" strip of fondant on it (when cut in 1x2x4) so it'a not all that much, and if the guests don't want to eat it, then can push it aside.

I agree...you're going to have enough work serving that cake, tell your daughter not to believe all the brides forums that tell you that you have to peel off the fondant before serving the cake Most people are able to decide if they want to eat it or not.

Some people actually like fondant. Especially mmf ....

I hate this, but my Dad likes Fondant as long as it isn't Wilton!

My Dad says fondant sucks in a big way.

He did only have wilton stuff.

He does give me grief for the possum.

tell your daughter whatever she wants to hear about what you will do to the fondant after you slice the cake, and then proceed to do whatever is easiest for you. At best she won't notice and at worst she won't care in the long run. As a relative new bride, and a cake person, it really is just cake. personally I quite like fondant (I am partial to Satin Ice or my own) and I've yet to have anyone other than my sister not eat it.

Here is a link to a DVD by Jennifer Dontz. In the DVD she explains how to be able to use thinner fondant on your cake. She uses a good coating of bc under the fondant and adds white choc. to her fondant. I tried it on a cake I did back in June and everyone was amazed that they liked the fondant!

http://www.jenniferdontz.com/viewproduct.php?itemid=dvd001

my home made fondant is yummy...and when I put chocolate or cocoa in it..mmmmm yum...but there is always gonna be some that think its gross and some think your butter cream too sweet, or not sweet enough lol...thats what makes the world go around....I would not want to peel it off a cake though to serve it....ugly

lol ok then there are others who wont like the texture....you can please everyone

I have people, that love the look of fondant.

They have unfortunately tasted Wilton fondant. Not good.

They want me to do cakes with fondant, because they look cool..

They also hate the buttercream .

So they just eat the insides.

I do stuff.

Try Jennifer Dontz's semi homemade recipe. It's in here DVD.

Thnx for your input. I think I'll leave the fondant on. I may experiment with home made fondant since wilton is the only kind i tried.