Fondant Seams~ How Do You Make Them Disappear?
Decorating By ValMommytoDanny Updated 22 Jan 2007 , 2:00am by Wendoger
Hi,
I made a small cake for a birthday party and wrapped the sides in a band of textured fondant. My question is how do you work the seam so it appears seamless when doing bands? My family critiqued the cake and said the seam shouldn't be there but other than that it was cool.
(I asked for the critiques because they are really good at giving me feedback to help me do better 
)
Many Thanks for your help.
How about covering the seams (both at top and bottom) with royal icing piping in a pattern that is compatible with your band or with fondant beads and brush lustre powder over them for a sublte glow. For the beading you might want to lay down the beads first then place the band on top of these and put the second string of beads on the top of the band.
Hope that helps
p.s. I am assuming you are not using the impression directly on the cake but on separate piece of fondant.
whoops!! Just reread your forum ?tion and realised you are talking about the seam at the side!!!! ha ha.. you must be going ..."duhhh...." I cover THAT by using a paintbrush dipped in water to soften the edges then sort of blend it all in.. turns out pretty good most times.
Sorry for the confusion.... 
When possible I would put the seams in the back.
One thing you have to remember about the aveage person, is they are not going to see the little things that we, or people around cakes may see. If your family is looking for things wrong with the cake it is likely they will notice things that everyone else would not see.
Most people take in the whole cake, and not bits and pieces.
I am not sure what 'seams' she is talking about....can ya post a pic?
The only time I have ever tried to hide the edge of fondant I have piped something with bc over it. Like on the bottom of a cake...I piped big beads and/or made some outta fondant. I dunno the 'band' you speak of.
Well...you can hide cracks in fondant with royal icing spackle, so it would probably work to hide the seam too. Probably not perfect, but better than doing nothing. In some books I've read they say to just rub the fondant seem till it disappears but this has never really worked for me.
Courtney
I usually have pretty good luck in smoothing seams or edges together with my finger and a little bit of crisco. Did this for my tiffany box cake in my pics, especially the lid where all the corner edges have to come together and look "whole"! Worked like a charm!! Be sure to do this immediately after applying while the fondant is still really soft or has any chance of drying!
I am not sure what 'seams' she is talking about....can ya post a pic?
The only time I have ever tried to hide the edge of fondant I have piped something with bc over it. Like on the bottom of a cake...I piped big beads and/or made some outta fondant. I dunno the 'band' you speak of.
Sorry, the only picture I have is a frontal view. The seam was in the back.
The seam I am referring to is when you put the fondant end to end - where it connects. Imaging a piece of fondant wrapped around the cake - like a ribbon on the side of the cake. This band didn't have any royal accents so I didn't use it.
Thanks everyone for your help, I am going to try the smooth out, crisco, and "eraser" method. I will let you know how I make out.
Thanks again for your valuable help.
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