Fondant Decorations On Buttercream Iced Cake?
Decorating By Ali3971 Updated 4 Apr 2019 , 10:18pm by SandraSmiley
I was just curious how this works. I would think the fondant would be too heavy to stick to the buttercream alone? I have always stuck fondant to fondant because I was to scared my decorations would peel the buttercream off if I used fondant on buttercream. Anyone have any suggestions or experience?
These are my fondant-on-BC cakes, applied with BC on the back of the fondant pieces, just so you can see the size/weight of the ones I've done that held up ok:
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1386274
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1375009
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1320577
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1279708 (bottom 2 tiers are BC)
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1258367
I do mainly buttercream cakes and fondant decorations on them. I've had no problems. If the fondant pieces are dry, you'd need to attach them with buttercream or glue, etc. If the fondant pieces are't dried, then just add a little water to the back. They'll stick just fine. You can also use candy melts if they are dry. Hope this helps.
All of my decorated cakes are buttercream with fondant accents, unless the customer just prefers all fondant. I just let my cake chill for a few minutes then decorate. For larger, heavier pieces like bows, or balls, I attach those with candy melts. HTH! 
Trying to post pic, I'm not very good at this 
edited to say:
I'll try to post it in my pics if I can even remember how to do that. (It's the "Libby" cake) 
I am new to this site and just wanted to say thanks for the advice above! I am doing my son's Mario Bros themed birthday cake this coming week and was loathe to think of covering a cake with fondant due to my lack of experience in that dept - then i thought of the fondant deco on top of bc icing angle. Then I imagined the fondant decorations slowly sliding down the cake on the way into the party. Then I imagined myself throwing the cake in the trash and running to the nearest grocery store for some cupcakes...anyway thanks! I plan on perusing the site more, lots of great info here! 
I am doing a patriotic cake for my boss for his 50th birthday, could I do something like this, but mainly buttercream and the stripes and stars are fondant. I too an nervous about adding fondant to buttercream. 
Should I use a crusting buttercream for this, or would SMBC work? I have never really worked with SMBC, but have heard great things about how smooth you can get the cakes.
Exactly as ypierce82 said. I have done b'cxream w/fondant details as well. You can use a crusting b'cream - just pipe an open circle of b'cream on the back of the decoration and push it onto the cake :) I usually use a tip 3 and heavy pressure for that ring. I have not used SMBC but you certainly can get a smooth b'cream iced cake w/a little work. Try this recipe: https://www.cakecentral.com/recipe/22469/2-icing
I do fondant decorations on all different buttercreams...American, SMBC, IMBC. It works for all of them. And you can store them in the fridge with the fondant decorations on as well- no problem!
The last cake I posted was buttercream with a couple of large, heavy fondant pieces attached. I used melted chocolate (because I always have it on hand) to stick them in place and I had no problem who so ever.
I will give it a try with the chocolate, thanks everyone for the help, and SandraSmiley, your cakes are AMAZING, absolutely stunning.
Thank you kindly, The MrsWalker1!
I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how well fondant pieces hold up on buttercream cakes. I know I was surprised!
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