Hi there! Do you have to cover dummy cakes with frosting or perma-ice if they're being cover with fondant?

No.

rae

I haven't...why waste the frosting? But that's just me!

I brush on a thin coat of shortening before covering my dummies with fondant. It makes removing the fondant much easier.

It helps if you have something on there that the fondant can stick to. Either shortening as mamawrobin suggested, a very thin smear of buttercream or just wipe it over with some damp paper towel.

I just spritz the dummies with water from a squirt bottle. It adds just enough water to get the fondant to stick to the styrofoam.

So, I thought the same thing about using water. Tonight I went to remove the fondant (after about 1 or 2 weeks) and it was soooo hard! Now my perfect little dummies have divets.

So, what do you do about those bumps and bruises? Fondant to smooth? WIll crisco help the smooth it?

I'm curious as to the reasons some of you are re-using your dummies. I make dummies if a bride orders it instead of real cake. But she "buys" it then and I don't see it again. I have never had the occasion to re-use a dummy.

I always cover my dummies with Press and Seal. Brush the Press and Seal lightly with corn syrup so that the fondant will stick. If you want to remove the fondant the dummies are compleatly protected. You can always remove the Press and Seal and cover with new Press and Seal for the next time. It works great!!

You can use this method for bc on a dummy also, minus the corn syrup.

(Did I mention to go lightly with the corn syrup when using the fondant)