My daughter-in-law-to-be has asked me to make the wedding cake. Of course I said yes!
She wants 4 tiers in fondant. So I have been practicing using fondant and am having a time getting it on in one piece on a 9" round.
How the heck am I going to get a larger cake done if I can't do a 9"?????
Can anyone help.

In our class, the instructor mentioned wrapping the fondant around a rolling pin. Perhaps if you have a longer cylinder that will work.

It's worth a try!

ok...there is somewhere on here or another site where they show a tool that they have made to put on rolled fondant. I will say that when working with fondant it is easier to go with rolling it on a cake circle the size necessary to cover the cake you are doing...if for a 9 in you add the height of the sides also. Roll it onto the cake circle then slide on the cake, but marking the centre of the cake you are putting it on, so you can get it on as it should be. I will look for that tool I seen that someone made out of pipe of some kind, and if nobody answers first I will post it. Also I have worked with a couple different kinds of fondant and do find the MMF, bunnywoman's post on it, is the easiest to work with. I wish you the best!

As mentioned, you can use a large rolling pin and wrap it around it, and then roll it onto the cake...For the larger size, you can use a PBC tube you can buy at any hardware store. Make sure you dust lightly with some powdered sugar so the weight doesn't make it stick.

Another option is to roll out your fondant on a dusted surface, moving it around in half circles to make sure it doesn't stick...Once ready to cover cake, ease your dusted hands under the rolled fondant and pick up...use your forearms if necessary in the process, and just ease over the cake and proceed to cover as you normally would....This works for me....

What kind of cake or style are you planning on making?

Godiva...where is the pic of the pvc tube made into a fondant tool with instructions?...do you know? I have looked off and on and still haven't been able to locate it.

Well there isn't one that I know of, but I actually went to a demo with Ron Ben Israel and this is what he uses, instead of actually spending a lot of money on a big rolling pin. And is is light aswell, so not alot of stain on your arms.

Just go to a Home Depot, and look for one about 3" in diameter and have them cut it a at comfortable length for you ...maybe 24" will be good...

Gloria, I roll out my fondant and rolled buttercream on a sheet of plastic. You can buy the clear plastic (the really thick stuff that is use to cover furniture and mattresses and to make table cloth covers) at fabric stores (I bought mine at Wal-Mart). You buy it by the yard and it is about 2 yards wide. Cut it down to a workable size (mine is about 30 inches square). After I have rolled out my fondant or rolled buttercream a place another (albeit smaller) piece ontop. NOw I roll up the sandwiches fondant and take it to the cake. As I unroll it, I start postioning it on the cake and peeling away the other sheet of plastic from underneath.. Once the smaller piece of plastic has been peeled away and the fondant is centered on the cake, I carefully remove the sheet of plastic. Of course the plastic sheets have been dusted so the fondant won't stick to them so this process is quite fast and easy to do. Just wash & dry the plastic sheets and roll them up until you need them again. Try not to fold them because that will cause creases in the plastic which will transfer to your fondant! Fondant will stick to its self so I never could get it to work right using the rolling pin technique.

Hope this helps although I think judging by the date of your post this may be too late to help with the wedding cake.

Your suggestion sounds great.
I have already gone out and purchased a Wilton plastic sheet that has measurements on it. I suppose I could use that and a smaller piece of clear plastic as well.
Thank you.
P.S. The wedding is in July but I'm also making a 60th anniversary cake in March!

The first time I ever made a cake with fondant was the wedding cake I posted on this site. It was a 4-tier cake with 18, 14, 10, and 6 (roses and lace romance from Wilton). After we rolled the fondant out with the PVC pipe, it took 1 person to hold the cake and 2 of us to slide the fondant off the table and onto the center of the cake. I couldn't have done it without their help, so just in case, I would have some extra help.

Also, my fondant cracked a little after moving it. I learned you can repair the cracks with a paintbrush dipped in the buttercream icing. Just paint over the cracks, and they disappear!

The first time I ever made a cake with fondant was the wedding cake I posted on this site. It was a 4-tier cake with 18, 14, 10, and 6 (roses and lace romance from Wilton). After we rolled the fondant out with the PVC pipe, it took 1 person to hold the cake and 2 of us to slide the fondant off the table and onto the center of the cake. I couldn't have done it without their help, so just in case, I would have some extra help.

Also, my fondant cracked a little after moving it. I learned you can repair the cracks with a paintbrush dipped in the buttercream icing. Just paint over the cracks, and they disappear!