Fondant Help
Decorating By specialtycakesbysara Updated 16 Sep 2011 , 1:40am by specialtycakesbysara
I have a wedding cake that I am making in a couple of weeks. I started practicing last night and I have a few questions about covering a cake in fondant. I got the fondant on no problem, but you can see grooves on the side (where the filling is). It just doesn't seem that eligant and smooth looking. What am I doing wrong?? I made homemade MMF fondant. I am starting to get nervous and I really need help!! 
Did you put your icing dam between the layers so the filling would not bulge out?
My thought was to ask is if your fondant was also thick enough? If it is too thin than alot of things show through.
Yes, I put an icing dam so that the filling would not "leak" out. How long do you need to let it settle before icing it? I guess I didn't do that. Maybe the fondant was too thin. I usually don't use fondant to cover cakes, so I am super new at this. 
I think settlement is different with each recipe. Someone on CC suggested one time to place a ceramic tile on top of the cake to help it settle. I have never tried it though. My pound cakes I let settle overnight before decorating.
I just use the Wilton recipe of BC to go under the fondant. Should I be using another recipe? Do I put a good amount of frosting onto the cake before I put the fondant on??
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