Cutting Fondant

Decorating By CakeSistah Updated 4 Oct 2011 , 3:33pm by bobhope

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CakeSistah Posted 2 Oct 2011 , 6:49pm
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Can someone please help I am having problems with cutting my fondant smooth it comes out was raggedy edges what is the best tool to use to cut fondant and is possible that the fondant is too thin when I cut and that is the reason? Or maybe too soft please help

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sherrycanary62 Posted 2 Oct 2011 , 6:59pm
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Are you trying to trim the bottom of the fondant after covering the cake? best tool is a pizza cutter.

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BizCoCos Posted 2 Oct 2011 , 7:13pm
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ditto, pizza cutter

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CakeSistah Posted 3 Oct 2011 , 4:06am
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I'm trying to cut decorations not the fondant on the cake for that I do use a pizza cutter

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eringm Posted 3 Oct 2011 , 4:30am
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I use an exacto knife or a dough cutter to cut my fondant decorations.

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bobhope Posted 3 Oct 2011 , 5:02am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CakeSistah

I'm trying to cut decorations not the fondant on the cake for that I do use a pizza cutter




what kind of decors, may i ask? there are a lot of fondant cutters out there or online .. for free hand cutting, i use a palette knife or exacto knife icon_smile.gif

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sweettreat101 Posted 3 Oct 2011 , 5:16am
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Exacto knife

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CakeSistah Posted 3 Oct 2011 , 3:29pm
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Thanks to all I will have to get a good exacto knife that is the answer that I was looking for...

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bobhope Posted 4 Oct 2011 , 3:33pm
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you're welcome! icon_smile.gif

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