Sticking Fondant To Buttercream

Decorating By momba5 Updated 4 May 2010 , 5:57am by Ballymena

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momba5 Posted 27 Apr 2010 , 2:10pm
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How do you get fondant decorations to stick to buttercream? I iced the cake in buttercream and used buttercream to attach large fondant daisies all over the top 2 tiers. As the buttercream dried, the daisies were too heavy and kept falling off! What can I use to keep them secure?

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cakebaker1957 Posted 27 Apr 2010 , 7:01pm
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I usually sqeeze a small amount of BC on the fondant piece and place it on there i watch it for a while and usually it will stay,

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momba5 Posted 2 May 2010 , 5:38am
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yep - that's just what I did and the flowers kept falling off!

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Ballymena Posted 4 May 2010 , 5:57am
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Try gel.

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