I made a cake last night for my in-laws anniversary and wanted to try the square 'gift' cake. Well, my bow turned out great (yay) but when I started icing it and applied the MMF, the sides just looked rounded to me. Are square cakes supposed to look like that or did I not make the edges sharp enough???

I would think using two fondant smoothers, one for the top and the other for the side, sort of push to be straight and more square.

Your cake looks great!! When I cover my cakes with fondant I chill them for several hours or over night.. They get nice and firm. When they are firm it makes it much easier to smooth the fondant and the cake keeps its shape.

You might want to try that first and see if you like the results better.

Thanks, I didn't do that at all. I had 3 hours to make and decorate the cake total... so it was majorly rushed! I wish I had time to chill it!

...and now I need to get another fondant smoother!

Thanks guys!

any excuse to buy more stuff!!! lol .... I'm running out too

No kidding. LOL

When I find out I need to get something cake related, it is like music to my ears...!

I read about a technique to produce a very square cake using candy clay but I guess it would work some with fondant as well. What the person did was cut strips that match the height/length of each of the sides and miter the edges. Using RI or piping gel, he glued them together and got great corners/edges. I guess with fondant you could do this then fill in the edges with say RI or bc to make the corners more sturdy.

Did you do the bow in 3 hours too?

I had alot of trouble with a fondant bow, I ended up making mine out of candy but I prefer the look of the fondant. Can you tell me how you made your nice bow? The tutorial on this site didn't help me too much, the candy did not hold my dried loops.

Yeah I actually did it in 3 hours. It dried enough to hold shape thank god. Then I glued it together with the buttercream I used for the cake. I stuck it in the fridge for a little bit but it wasn't gluing fast enough so i put it in the freezer for 10 mins. It glued well after that. I made it from the tutorial on this site...

Wow, I did not know that buttercream would hold the bows firmly together. I will have to give that a try and see how it holds up. Thanks for the heads up.

Wow! Hm, okay!

The only one I did, I used melted candy on freezer strips from another tutorial...it looked good enough but did not have the smooth fondant look.

I'll have to try again!

Well... I should warn you first... After I took it out of the freezer and put it on the cake it was GREAT. But after a while, the spirals 'wilted'. It didn't matter this time b/c it still looked good... but I wouldn't recommend doing it if you really need something to stay put. Granted, my spirals only had 3 hours to dry and harden... but I could easily take them out of the buttercream to reposition them.

I've heard to refridge the cake to, also, don't put on to thick of a layer of buttercream underneath. Just a very light coat. The weight of the fondant could "smush" the buttercream. I think it looks great though. Your probably the only one who thought any different of it. AND THREE HOURS NO LESS!!