I know a lot of people don't like the cricut cake but I do love mine! When I first got it, I tried fondant right away; and failed. I then tried fondant/gumpaste mix and failed. Then I tried just gumpaste and it works great. I always try to use gumpaste because of this. I keep the speed down on low and the pressure in the middle (or middle/high).
I did recently try fondant again and got it to work out great, but I found that the fondant has to be super SUPER thin and the design to be cut should be fairly large. Anything small or dainty ends up being a disaster, in my experience when just using fondant.
I do find that I have to be sure to scrape off the blade after almost every cutting job and make sure the mat is well greased (but not too much!
) I've not gotten to the point of trusting it enough to start it and walk away as many times I have to stand by with a tooth pick to sort of help it along when it starts to drag or pick up the material.
I'm no expert by any means but this is just my experience with the machine.
