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Covering A Cake With Fondant

July 6, 2014 By Cheryl
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This How To Cover A Cake With Fondant tutorial is by our contributor Melissa…Wondering how to get that smooth look of fondant on a cake? It may be easier than you think!

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

What You’ll Need:

  • fondant
  • 2 layer cake
  • buttercream frosting
  • angled spatula
  • fondant smoother
  • pizza cutter

How To Cover A Cake with Fondant:

Fill and lightly frost cake with buttercream frosting using the angled spatula. Make sure the frosting is even all the way around. Place cake into the fridge until the buttercream is hard to the touch.

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

Once the buttercream is set, sprinkle your work space surface with confectioners’ sugar and knead your fondant until smooth. Sprinkle more sugar and roll the fondant out to the size of your cake. While rolling make sure to lift the fondant often, sprinkle more sugar and turn it slightly so it doesn’t stick to the surface of your work space.

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

Once it is the desired size slide both hands under carefully lifting and placing the fondant onto your cake.

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

Using your hands and/or a fondant smoother shape the fondant to the cake starting with the top of the cake and working down around the sides pushing any air bubbles down.

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

If you end up with an air bubble prick with something sharp such as a pin or toothpick and smooth over with your hands. Make sure the sides are smooth and even.

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

Let the excess fondant lay flat on the work surface. Take your pizza cutter and cut around the base of the cake.

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

Pull away the excess and save for another project. Now your cake is ready to be decorated!

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

Thank you to Melissa of Sweet & Tasty Pastry for sharing this tutorial with us. Be sure to follow Melissa on Facebook for more delicious ideas. If you try this recipe, head over to her Facebook page to let her know what you thought of it. If you’re looking for a baker in Providence, Rhode Island, be sure to give her a call to discuss creative ideas.

How To Cover A Cake With Fondant

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: birthday party ideas, melissa, recipes, sunday sweets

Comments

  1. Layne says

    July 6, 2014 at 7:12 pm

    Awesome tutorial. This is so simple!

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      July 6, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      Thank you! Yes, Melissa has such a great way of explaining things!

      Reply
  2. [email protected] says

    July 7, 2014 at 4:37 am

    GREAT cake! Love this tutorial! I have yet to do this, you make it look so easy 🙂

    Reply
  3. Susan - ofeverymoment.com says

    July 10, 2014 at 10:00 am

    Such a pretty cake – and great instructions on how to decorate it! Definitely a good choice for the Thursday Favorite Things Blog hop!

    Reply
  4. Katherines Corner says

    July 12, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    wonderful tutorial. I have never worked with fondant. Thank you for sharing your sweet blog at the Thursday Hop xo

    Reply
  5. nan says

    June 9, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    I find thst if you chill your frosted cake really well it makes covering with fondant easier making it possible to lift and adjust if needed. Nice tutorial 👍

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      July 2, 2017 at 10:04 pm

      Excellent tip! Thank you for sharing.

      Reply
  6. Leonie says

    June 18, 2017 at 9:25 am

    With high humidity my cake was a disaster after putting it in the fridge….. one question please. How thick do you roll out the fondant before transfering it to the cake? Mine tends to tear….maybe to thin?

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      July 2, 2017 at 10:04 pm

      Hi Leonie! It may be too thin. You can also use a little bit of water on your fingers to reattach the torn pieces to each other.

      Reply
  7. Purity says

    August 21, 2017 at 10:56 am

    Mmm beautiful cake i wish to do it but where to start and where to get the correct ingredients for fondant also on how to decorate please help out

    Reply
  8. folashade says

    September 26, 2017 at 2:29 am

    Thanks for the tutorial. When I put the cake in freezer before covering, my fondant tend to be wet and takes longer time to dry. Also, I do have folds at the base after covering. Where I’m I getting it wrong?

    Reply
  9. Tara says

    April 7, 2018 at 7:41 am

    How do you make the fondant

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      May 11, 2018 at 8:51 am

      Hi Tara! You’ll find a recipe for fondant here: https://www.momsandmunchkins.ca/marshmallow-fondant-recipe/

      Reply
  10. Cynthia Derouen says

    July 9, 2018 at 10:09 am

    How do you keep it from bunching up on the sides? The extra always bunches up on me. Grrr

    Reply
  11. Cynthia Derouen says

    July 9, 2018 at 10:11 am

    Also I make my fondant using the marshmallow fluff.

    1 large container of fluff
    2 pounds powdered sugar

    Is the other method better?

    Reply

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