HI, EVERYONE! I'M NEW TO CC AND I'VE POSTED A COUPLE OF TIMES AT THE SPANISH SECTION, EVERYONE HAS BEEN REALLY NICE THERE (HOPE YOU ARE FRIENDLY HERE, TOO!)

I HAVE A REQUEST FOR A SWEET SIXTEEN CAKE FOR NEXT SAT. AND THE FROSTING THEY WANT IS MERINGUE; THEY'D LIKE FONDANT, TOO, BUT I HAVE NEVER MADE THIS COMB.: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? DO YOU THINK THEY ARE COMPATIBLE? I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE, AND I'M NOT THAT EXPERT. PLEASE, ADVICE ME.

THANKS, IN ADVANCE!

DULZURA99

Do you mean a meringue based buttercream like italian or swiss meringue buttercream? Or just meringue as in egg whites and sugar? I don't think just meringue will get firm enough to put fondant over, but the buttercreams will.

Agree with KoryAK.

However, if they decide to go with the meringue (forget the fondant) here are some recipes.

Meringue frosting in Mexico:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-59701-.html

Dominican cake w/meringue icing:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-303073-.html

Overview of Meringue B/C's:
(With recipes.)

http://tribes.tribe.net/m/craftycakes/thread/ed0ff808-5ad4-478c-b5be-d7d08ffc773f

ShirleyW's IMBC:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2426-Italian-Meringue-Buttercream--Shirleys-Method.html

Smoothing MBC frosting:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-432633-.html

HTH

P.S. Using all caps is considered "shouting". Also, I find it very hard to read.

Hola, yo soy Dominicana y para nosotros es muy comun usar "suspiro" o "merengue" creo que si usas el fondant como decoracion ya sea en forma de flores, lazos, perlas, etc... esta bien viene siendo igual que si usas buttercream, tratalo. Tambien puedes ver fotos de cakes hechos en buttercream y decorados con fondant creo que puedes utilizar esos como modelos.

Buena Suerte

Salome

If they mean meringue buttercream, like the Swiss or Italian types, then it will work. I do it often--I just chill the cake before covering with fondant.

Thank you, guys, for taking the time to answer; the meringue they want is the simple one (eggs, sugar), the dominican one, which is the one that I usually use, but I have never combined it with fondant before, so that's why I'm so concerned. They don't like buttercream at all, so I'll probably go with only meringue. Oh! JanH, sorry about the "shouting", I didn't really mean it.

Thanks, again; God bless you all!!

Dulzura99




P.S. Salome, gracias; tambien soy dominicana y me encantaria poder contactarme un poco mas contigo. A ver que tal lo podemos hacer; me da un poco de miedo la comb.; ellos son dominicanos tambien y mi hija, no hay por donde que le ponga yo buttercream a su cake dominicano!!
Cuidate; yo entro mas durante las noches, pero a veces tambien en el dia. Tengo mensajes en el foro español; entra ahi. Chao!