AI have an opportunity to make cakes for a golf course this next spring/summer. The lady running the wedding planning said they peel off the fondant before serving because it dulls their knifes. She said a "goog" cake doesn't lose its icing after being peeled. My cakes always stick to the icing. I thought that's what avoids air bubbles. So, I was wondering if anyone knows about this and how to keep the icing on. Mg only thoughts are... maybe they use a ganache underthe fondant?

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Fondant is going to peel off butter cream.   That's why I completely ice my cakes when covered in fondant in case the person does peel it off...they still have a butter cream cake underneath.  Fondant does not dull knifes either.  She probably doesn't know what kind of knife she should be using.  She's coo-coo.

The woman is a NUT......"dulls the knives"??????   How stupid can one person be????

If you peel off the fondant, [some of]  the icing comes off, so...............don't peel off the fondant.  Serve it and let the eater decide. 

I just tell people to eat the piece of cake from the bottom to the top and try the fondant if they want to. 

I do put on a full layer of BC and I tell people to cut the cakes with a non-serrated, long knife.  I get no complaints. 

AThat is ridiculous! If someone told me they planned to peel the fondant off every single cake before serving I would be outraged. If you don't want to cut/serve fondant, restrict the cakes to buttercream. If the brides want fondant, serve them fondant!!!! If the person in "charge" is this clueless about "good" cakes, this sounds like a nightmare in the making. Beware!

AI can only imagine she's confusing fondant with rock hard royal icing, which I can guess may dull a knife, but soft fondant? She's out of her mind.

AThanks everyone! I thought it was strange but maybe I was doing something different then everyone else... she has been in wedding planning 20years but is new to the golf course. The golf course is just starting up their weddings and is lining up the decorators. I would be doing a lot of cupcake towers because she said 80% is going with cupcakes this year. This would be for next year. She wanted someone local. I just didn't want them serving my cakes and the icing all coming off and them tell the bride it was a cheaply made cake because it is expensive food cost and LOTS of hours! Thanks again

I went to a wedding once and the cake cutter peeled off everyone's fondant and was putting it in a pile.   I told her to leave mine one...I thought it was odd that she was doing that and and not letting the guest do it if they chose to.  Granted, most people (here) don't like it, but her pile of fondant looked ridiculous...especially at a wedding.  

if they are using plastic forks--those potentially could pop a tong i guess maybe

Maybe it's just me, but I don't want somebody messing with my piece of cake.  Peel your own fondant off if you don't want it, but just cut and serve the cake -don't mess with it!  I can make my own decisions as what to eat - lol 

And Declansimama, I'm sure you already know that a good cake has nothing to do with being able to peel off fondant.

Coo coo is right!

If I paid for rolled fondant, and the cake cutter/server produced a "peeled" serving to my guests, I would be pretty miffed !! She's throwing my money into the bin ...

If fondant dulls their knives, how do they cut meat?  Or do they just "peel it apart?"  What a nut.  The wonders never cease!  

Lol - include a 'serving knife' with the cake order.

That used to be pretty common - that was back when most people agreed that fondant doesn't taste good and can't possibly compliment the delicious cake underneath. The competitive wedding cake industry has improved fondant as a tool to use for leverage to get business. For all the touting of the wedding cake industry like:

We make ours from scratch

Add chocolate

It tastes like tootsie rolls (cause we all a tootsie roll layer on our cake, don't we?)

Use marshmallows

Use highly flavored fondant

....most people still agree it's not very good. Rare is the person who would add it to cake, just because they love it - a least not people who've grown up on a typical American diet.

But I agree, it should be left on the cake.

That is definitely weird, does the bride know that she is going to do that?  I personally don't like fondant, but have customers who order it because they specifically do and I would imagine that if someone peeled all the fondant off the bride would not be happy.  Maybe a polite conversation with your bride can stop this from happening.  Seriously what knives is she using that blunt so easily.

ALOL!!!

What is the point of ordering a fondant covered cake then? Personally I'd like my piece to be on my plate as it's supposed to be leaving me with the decision of to eat or not to eat. Bizarre.

disney corporation was on tv once about their destination weddings and it showed their employee peeling the fondant off into the large trash can serving by serving.