Ok ....I tried to make a glove and foot for the Mickey Mouse Club house out of RKT and when I covered with fondant, it was lumpy and bumpy and creasy and cracky...help. how are you guys getting those figures so smooth????

Welcome to cc connie0603
I used buttercream icing on mine and then rolled my fondant a little thick some cc members put two layers of fondant HTH

Rylan has very good ways of using fondant. Try to pm her and I am sure she would be glad to help you

Tatorchip, thanks for recommending me--knowing that I am just a beginner, I feel so flattered.

As for getting it smooth, tatorchip is right. You can use a layer of icing underneath or you can use two layers of fondant (which I do). Once the fondant is on, put tons of shortening in your hands and rub down the fondant to get everything super smooth. You can then wipe the excess shortening with papertowel.

your so welcome Rylan, when I see your name I always check to get ideas so thank you

I've found it helpful to sort of smush the rkt to get them smooth before covering. I either pound them with a mallet or roll them on a hard surface -whatever to get the rkt smooth before covering. I haven't had to use icing to smooth out which I find helpful because I'm usually making the rkt pieces days before the icing is made. Also, like PP, I roll the fondant on the thick side. HTH!!!

Arghhh I wish I would have seen this...I did Minnie ears and such a hard time getting them smooth! I never thought of applying it twice!
I did end up tearing them apart and dipping the RKT in white almond bark.
It was better...but not good enough!
I will know next time!!

I read on here somewhere to use ganache on RKT and then fondant.

In my pics, I did my Mickey Clubhouse by using RKT, smoothing it with butter covered hands till as smooth as I could get it, putting BC, then a thicker layer of fondant.

OMG I thought Rylan was a she, sorry if I am wrong, I still love Rylan's fondant ideas

Hehehe it's fine. I'm a masculine woman.

Rylan, you should have corrected me lol I am sooooooooo sorry. I thought another cc member was a guy and she isn't all in one day or so. I must be crazy this week. lol I am crazy, there I said it lol

Haha, oh no, I din't want to correct you because there really isn't anything to correct.

Thanks, I think I just decided to use pound cake.

thanks so all the suggestions on this subject! i've been thinking of taking on a rkt project. so glad i came across this site.

also, rylan...YOUR CAKES ARE SO PRETTY!! love them!!

Thanks Cksweets =].

I actually use shortening as my glue when it comes to this. I rub tons of shortening on the RKT and then put my first layer of fondant. To stick my second layer of fondant, I will rub shortening on the first layer. So basically, I use shortening to adhere it--that way it is easier to remove when I make a mistake.

Usually, I use scrap fondant as the first layer because it won't be seen anyways.