One more reason for me to get that circle mat cutter from Michaels!!

I was going to get the mat cutter so I could cut my own cake circles and not have to stock a bunch of different sizes. Now I also need it to make a fondant lifter!

Can't wait til I've saved up the $$$!

Thanks for the tip! (and I'm also waiting to hear if using this technique leaves ridges in the fondant....)

This thread has been edited to remove a few unnecessary comments! Thanks for your understanding!

See page 1 of this thread. Travelingcakeplate has a link to Sugarcraft and it shows how to use the lifter. (I need visual too and it helped me understand.)

Also, to answer one of the questions and I hope this isn't confusing but I've come to the conclusion that when you roll out the fondant, the circumference of the circle lifter is supposed to be larger than your cake (I guess if cake is 8" use lifter with a 10" circle opening), therefore there shouldn't be any lines because that edge is trimmed off.

Can someone confirm?

Thanks frankandcathy....this method looks much easier and safer than transferring fondant with a dough roller. People sharing tips like this is one of the reasons CC is such an amazing site.

Tx,
Becky

This is so great!!! I have come so close to buying something really expensive to solve this problem.

I'm not sure how much I would use it for the smaller tiers but for the 14" or 16", I absolutely must have something to help me transfer the fondant or I stretch it out of shape.

Also would like to add you can make one for square tiers also!!

Ok, I haven't tried this, but it seems like a good idea. I have been thinking about it, and I doubt that it would leave ridges in the fondant if you put the rings back correctly. If you cut them very neatly with a sharp knife, then the cut would be very 'clean'. THere wouldn't be any space to form a ridge.
Thanks for this suggestion! I think I will try it on a cake this weekend.

OMG this is SUCH an awesome idea! I always use foam core as my cake boards just covered in contact paper! NEVER thought to use it for this (partically b/c I didn't know a lifter existed) I am SO going to get my dh to make this for me!

Oops! Thanks adven.

This is so great! Thanks for the information! I've been after DH to make me one of these - he was thinkiing sheet metal, but this is way more affordable (and probably easier to make)! thanks!!

When I made my ring and rolled out the fondant there was no marking at all from the "lines" between the rings. And I rolled it rather thin.

Since I haven't looked at this in a few days, it seems that the Lord has (thankfully) protected me from the ugly comments of others this week. This is extremely good because this week has been horrible for me already.

Thanks Jesus. )

frankandcathy,

if you have a digital camera or can scan would you be able to do a step by step with pics? I know it's a alot to ask and I even went to the website but I still just do not get it! Hope your week is going better! Thanks.

I think this is a pretty cool idea I like it. I will be making one soon

Molly2

Just made one today, which was so easy to make, and will try to use it this weekend. Thank you for sharing.

ok, since the original site w/visuals is blocked, does anyone have pics of how this works??

Just go to the link below and it shows how it works. Or type in fondant lifter in your browser and you'll get various sites about this.

http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/misc/fond-lifter.htm

lsienna

You can't linke to s u g a r c r a f t items here since they openly bashed this site and all involved with it, but if you replace the [blocked] with s u g a r c r a f t (without the spaces) in the web address you can see it.

What a great idea!! I'm totally going to give this a go

Thanks sooo much for sharring. I just saw a set of fondant lifter rings at the bakers cash and carry by me and I thought it looked like a grrrrrreat idea but it was about 179.00. I have some foam board here at my house. Wahoo, I'm going to make one!!!

AHHH I found a demonstation of how this works online. Shows how to roll it out and lift it over the cake. NOW I understand LOL I'm a little slow sometimes....

If you want the link PM me and I'll send it to you. edited: See forum message below for tuitoral -
Didn't want to get in trouble for posting it on this site.

thank you so much . I'll try this out .let me see if I can attach pic showing how it works.

GREAT GOOGLY-MOOGLY! Frankandcathy, where were you when I was doing my wedding cake a few weeks ago and was having the WORST time in the world trying to cover my 12" and 10" cakes?!?! My fondant was sliding and tearing and misshaping.....

And I kept saying I was going to come up with some ingenious way of lifting the fondant onto the cakes and at the right size, etc ....and now here you are, with YOUR ingenious idea, you clever, nifty so-and-so....I LOVE YOU!

Thanks - that is the tuitorial I was looking at.

This is an awesome idea... Thanks Frankandcathy!! I'm just curious... do you think I could cut this out of plexiglass? Would that be food safe?

frankandcathy - I would like to make this for the big base cakes (for tiers) but I have a few questions:

1. You are not talking about the usual 20" wide foam core right...I need to see the framing people for some special width right? Whats the measurements on your foamcore and the thickness?

2. Contact paper...it will overlap to cover the whole thing...is that ok?

btw I bought the hot craft knife at Michaels earlier this week b/c of this great post.

i am so sorry. i see the picture but i cannot understand the steps help? anyone? i feel so stupid.