What Is The Best Tool To Use To Cut Fondant?
Decorating By ideasinicing Updated 28 Nov 2009 , 3:20am by JenniferMI
When I use a knife to cut marshmallow fondant into shapes I get rough edges. Is there a better way to do it?
You can cut with kitchen shears, a pastry wheel or pizza wheel, an xacto knife for intricate shapes, a bench scraper, a small rotary cutter (on a hard surface only).
I use a variety of tools
Pizza cutter, knife, wilton 3-in-1 tool. I have also learned from a site, that when done smoothing the fondant, take your smoother all the way to the bottom edge and push, it will thin out the fondant at the edge making it easier to cut, but I still am learning in this area as well.
I use a variety of tools
Pizza cutter, knife, wilton 3-in-1 tool. I have also learned from a site, that when done smoothing the fondant, take your smoother all the way to the bottom edge and push, it will thin out the fondant at the edge making it easier to cut, but I still am learning in this area as well.
I used to do it that way, but now I set the cake on something with a smaller diameter than the cake itself (like a coffee can or upside down cake pan that's a smaller size) while I smooth the fondant, and use the kitchen shears to cut around the bottom edge.
That makes alot of sense...thanks for the tip!!
When cutting out fondant accents I prefer to use a very sharp exacto knife. It helps if you let your fondant sit a few minutes after rolling it out before cutting it. It keeps the fondant from stretching as much when you cut it. If you are getting jagged edges, try a sharper blade or knife and once cut, run your finger along the edge of the piece to help smooth it a little. HTH.
[quote=I used to do it that way, but now I set the cake on something with a smaller diameter than the cake itself (like a coffee can or upside down cake pan that's a smaller size) while I smooth the fondant, and use the kitchen shears to cut around the bottom edge.[/quote]
Wow why didn't I ever think of that?! Awesome tip, thanks!!!
Doing the fondant that way keeps it from getting folds, because the folds form below the cake and get cut off. That way you can get a nice clean bottom edge and you don't have to use a border if you don't want to. It only works with the cake on a board the same size as the cake...I always put the cake on a board that's the same size as the cake, then use a bigger, decorated board to set the cake on once the fondant is on.
Make sure your tool is clean. Sugar sticks to sugar.
I like a pizza cutter or some of the plastic knife like tools you can buy. I also have a very thin triangle art knife I love.
Jen 
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