Would This Work? (Fondant On Buttercream Question)
Decorating By CarrieBakes Updated 18 Nov 2017 , 8:07pm by JustOneMoreCake
I have a "pile of gifts" cake that I will be delivering Thanksgiving weekend. The client (my cousin) doesn't want the cakes covered completely in fondant, but doesn't mind *some* fondant. Ideally, I would like to ice each gift in smooth SMBC and then make the gift box "lids" out of fondant and just panel them on over the SMBC. Would that work? Obviously the weight of the biggest piece of fondant (the square piece on top) would be fully supported by the cake, but the 1" side panels of the lid would have to stick to the buttercream and each other without falling. Does this sound possible? If not, I have to go with making the lids out of buttercream too, which is do-able, but I think fondant would be easier. Thoughts?
Why not make the fondant top large enough to fold over the sides approximately 1" all the way around forming the lip of the lid? That way you do not have to depend upon a long, skinny piece of fondant sticking onto your buttercream.
What Sandra said. In fact, if for example, one square is six inches, you can cut a square of fondant to be seven inches square and then cut out a one inch square from each corner. There would be a seam but maybe that can be covered up by fondant ribbon that starts on top? You'd still have a seam if you cut one-inch panels.
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