Does anyone do this? I recently went to a wedding (i didnt make the cake) and as a beginner cake maker obviously had a good look at the cake, which had a perfect finish, i was impressed and felt that i'd never get to this standard! However when the cake was cut and i looked closely at it, the fondant was at least half to three quarters of an inch thick! it appeared to be two layers as one was white and the other ivory! is this a trick to get it smooth or just a freak!!!
well, could have been a couple things.
Some people prefer to use a very thin layer of buttercream and a thicker layer of fondant to get a smooth even finish. Sharon Zambito teaches this method in her dvds.
Or it could have been that whoever made the cake realized after they covered it that they used the wrong color and instead of taking it off and applying the correct color, they just laid the correct color over the wrong one. Stuff happens, we're all human after all.
They may also have put a layer of marzipan first, then the fondant on top, which is why the first coat looked ivory.
The ivory layer could also have been a layer of white chocolate ganache.
After i posted this i did think that it could have been marzipan (although didnt taste of it) and it is not usually used over sponge is it? but def wasnt buttercream (i do crumb coat mine with bc) I am adamant that it was two layers of fondant as they looked the same apart from the colour variation and were quite 'stuck' together. So maybe it was a mistake as you say, i just wondered if this was a way of getting a perfect finish!
On my winter wonderland cake, I used two layers of fondant on the bottom cake because the first layer of fondant had imperfections. The second layer covered my imperfections perfectly, and the judges actually commented on how excellent my coating of fondant was. When cut the two layers of fondant 'melted' together and you couldn't see a seam between them. I used White chocolate ganache as a crumb coat and when it was served people asked if it was marzipan. So they do look quite alike.
I don't do this as a standard. Only when there are imperfections and I don't want to mess up my layer of ganache. I usually roll my fondant really thin anyway so the two layers doesn't make that much of a difference.
Understand that this is an old thread. I am contemplating to lay another layer of fondant on my fondant cake because it is very sticky and wet now. I am not sure if it's because I've covered the cake a few hours after a huge downpour, or I accidentally brushed on too much water on the chocolate ganache.
Anyone knows if 2 layers of fondant will work? I am also having huge air bubbles on the existing fondant layer. Anyone has similar experience to share?
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