Hi I'm quite new to cake decorating. I am having trouble putting my fondant on to my chilled cake. Ibring my cake out of the fridge ready to put fondant on it goes all sticky and I can't get very smooth as my smothers stick to it and it starts to rip ect.

I haveh rolled my fondant thicker but as I'm a novice by the time I've put the fondant over the cake and laid it over it is sticky and my smo others are sticking to it.

thank you 

Hi Yazzie,

I find dusting some corn starch (cornflour, not sure what it's called wherever you are) on the fondant helps if I've got sticky bits. I just dust it on with a large soft paintbrush that I have especially for that purpose.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
J   :)

I always remove my cake from the fridge or cooler around 30-40 mins before I want to put the fondant on this allow the cake to warm up a little and gives the buttercream time to soften enough that smoothing is easier.

I also agree with the cornflour idea if it is slightly sticky =]

Hope this helps =] 

H

I don't know if you have aircon, but I have found the best way to fondant a chilled cake is in an airconditioned room.  The aircon dries the condensation straight away so the fondant doesn't get sticky.

Thank you for your replies.

i put my cake in the fridge to chill and settle with the crumb coating on I rolled the fondant a bit thicker and dusted it with cornflour.  It has been a lot better than when I chill it in the freezer. 

My cake still looks a bit bumpy should I put a thicker crumb coat on it? And it seems to bulged where the layers are sandwiched together. I am so grateful for your advice.

Where your bulging is concerned, try the search button there are heaps of threads on how to prevent this from happening.

Try having your cake at room temperature have the crumb coat fairly thin as perfect as you can get it. The fondant will make lumps and bumps show up more, it's like it advertises tyem. Roll out your fondant thin not thick.

Fondant is very heavy especially before you trim it the weight of it will tear a lot easier if its thick.

After you roll out your thin fondant place it on the cake and working quickly smooth it to the top of the cake and the top inch of the sides to glue it in place. 

Take a breath and start with the rest of the sides gently pulling the fondant away from the cake to remove the creases and folds. Work around the cake an inch at a time only don't smooth down to the board no matter how perfect it is.

Once you get to the bottom of the cake before you trim it take your fondant smoother and pl

Hey I  wasn't done! Place the smoother flat on your cake board and use the flat side to gently push in the bottom edge of the fondant into the cake don't push so hard to leave marks but firm enough that it's really glued in. It should now be obvious where to trim :-) hth! Good luck!

Sorry about the grammar apparently I have something against punctuation today lol

That is so helpful thank you so much. I'm sure no one cares too much about gramma. 

There's a truck load of YouTube videos on applying fondant check them out :-)