Help! Fondant Covered Ice Cream Cake?!?
Decorating By thelilyofthewest Updated 12 Oct 2011 , 3:53am by Lovelyladylibra
Hello all! I may have a cake coming up where the client has requested an ice cream cake. I've never made an ice cream cake, although I feel I could. But I only work with fondant--I have next to no BC experience except as a filling. Can you cover an ice cream cake in fondant? What would the freezing do to it?! Thanks much for any thoughts!
Ive made an ice cream cake and covered it in buttercream and decorated with fondant accents. Biggest issue is keeping the ice cream cake cold enough, make sure you have your freezer turned to its lowest temperature.
The biggest problem with the fondant comes with its defrosting and becoming sticky and the condensation causing the colors to bleed. I think it probably could be covered with fondant since you have to keep it frozen just until it is cut, so their would be no defrosting. Although, I see cutting frozen fondant very difficult. I store my fondant in the freezer and it is like cutting a rock! hth
Wow, I had no idea you could store fondant in the freezer! Yes, that was my concern, that it would be too hard to cut, dry and crumbly... And the few times I've stuck a piece of fondant in the freezer for just a few minutes to firm up before cutting, it has gotten sticky as it warmed. Bummer, I really wanted to do this cake, but it has to be ice cream. Wishing I had ANY buttercream skills...
theres a few tutorials online, view them. its not as scary as it looks I swear.
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