QuoteReplyTopic: Working with fondant Posted: 15 August 2011 at 5:05pm
Hi!
I've got DS' first birthday coming up and I want to make the cake and decorate it with fondant.
Just wondered how many days beforehand I can make the fondant shapes? Can I then store them in the fridge in preparation for decorating the cake the night before or will they crack/dry out? Any advice appreciated!
Also, I can get vanilla or buttercream flavoured fondant. Has anyone tried both? Any preference for flavour? I must admit I'm not much of a fondant fan but have only really had it on Xmas cake...I'm assuming that is traditionally vanilla flavoured fondant??
I made fondant animals for the top of My DS's first birthday cake. I made most of them 3 or 4 days out. They took up to a day to really harden. I just kept them on a plate high up in the pantry. I made a practice one about a month before that kept fine as well.
My MIL squashed them all into a small tupperware container after the party, proceeding to break half of them. I was a bit annoyed! Anyway, I finally took them out of the container about 5 days later and they had gone a bit soft and most then broke . My MIL is often doing 'helpful' stuff like that.....
I made them a few weeks ahead of time and kept them in the hot water cupboard to dry (& away from little fingers ) They are totally dry now & will last 'forever'?!
I did google searches for fondant animals but in the end I basically rolled a ball for the head & 1 for the body & went from there!
There are very good YouTude videos tho!
I loved your topsy turvy cake too!!
Avoid putting Fondant in the fridge it will go sticky!
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