Oh, my goodness! I have 3 hours to try to fix this. Two days ago I made a batch of mmf, successfully colored it black and wrapped it up to use today to cover a sculpted locomotive cake for my G.Daughter's party. While I usually use mff, which I love, my family isn't fond of fondant. So I thought I would try what everybody swears by: mmf. It seemed of good consistency, (I used the recipe with glycerine and corn syrup) so I felt quite confident it would be OK. (Maybe even good.)
Well, while kneading on a Crisco covered counter, it seemed too dry and was cracking. I kneaded in a little water. That made it somewhat better, or at least enough so I figured I would try. I rolled it out on a greased fondant mat and flipped it onto the cake. (I might add that the cake was prepared with a ganache base and to assure contact, I covered it with warmed piping gel.) While this has been good in the past, today it was a disaster. The fondant cracked all over and for a minute I tried to pinch and patch. I ended up scraping it off, (wouldn't you know it---it stuck TOO well and I just now finished.)
The ganache is a mess which I tried to repair with additional and smoothing with a hot knife. Now, after all this explanation (sorry for the length...I am unwinding as I type) I have a question: I have a small amount of black Satin Ice on hand. It is too small an amount to use here, but is it possible to knead it in with the reclaimed fondant, (plus a little piping gel) and maybe, just maybe recover?
I am just so glad that this isn't for a paying client but I don't want to do any less for family.
Thank you for whatever advice you can give me!
Well, while kneading on a Crisco covered counter, it seemed too dry and was cracking. I kneaded in a little water. That made it somewhat better, or at least enough so I figured I would try. I rolled it out on a greased fondant mat and flipped it onto the cake. (I might add that the cake was prepared with a ganache base and to assure contact, I covered it with warmed piping gel.) While this has been good in the past, today it was a disaster. The fondant cracked all over and for a minute I tried to pinch and patch. I ended up scraping it off, (wouldn't you know it---it stuck TOO well and I just now finished.)
The ganache is a mess which I tried to repair with additional and smoothing with a hot knife. Now, after all this explanation (sorry for the length...I am unwinding as I type) I have a question: I have a small amount of black Satin Ice on hand. It is too small an amount to use here, but is it possible to knead it in with the reclaimed fondant, (plus a little piping gel) and maybe, just maybe recover?
I am just so glad that this isn't for a paying client but I don't want to do any less for family.
Thank you for whatever advice you can give me!
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Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles on it.
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.








