Maybe i being a bit over dramatic, and for that i am sorry , but i truly do need help.

here's the thing....

i have an order due tomorrow (sat.) of the wiggles logo. i carved my cake, gave it a buttercream coating and stuck it in the fridge for a bit. then i covered it in Poured Fondant. BUT THE SIDES LOOK LIKE ABSOLUTE CRAP!!!! it's all lumpy and bumpy and not smooth like the top.

does anyone know if buttercream piping will hold on the sides of this cake covered in poured fondant? (fyi - poured fondant is a glaze mixture of conf. sugar, water, light corn syrup and extract).

If piping can hold on the sides w/out sliding off, i'll do it to save the cake, but if it can't i need to know what to do.

ps - i don't have time to bake another cake.

please help me.

what about cutting the sides off and just doing buttercream?

Yes, I would carve off the mess and recoat it in buttercream

you could even do piping with the different wiggles colors.....

the thing is, i started off with a 12x 18 sheet cake... i carved it and now it is smaller. if i cut it some more.... it will be even smaller.

BUT, I DON'T HAVE TO CUT IT TOO MUCH, i could just give it a "shaving."

i didn't think of that. thanks.

have you worked with poured fondant before? do you know if the buttercream will slip off?

all excellent ideas.... thank you.

i think carving it again will probably work the best.

thank you!!!

anymore ideas?

i haven't worked with fondant. Doesn't it just peel off? You would just have to carve through the layer of fondant.

if the poured fondant is dry, I cant see any problem in piping over it. Maybe try a bit on the back and see what happens.

I tried taking PF off a cake once and it took the cake away as well

Maybe you could try a little buttercream in one area on the back...if it holds, great, if not, maybe a fondant wrap?

great, all great ideas.

unfortunately carflea, poured fondant on a cake is like glaze on a donut.

i will try some piping on the back of the cake.... if it doesn't hold.... i'll give it a shave.

thanks!!!!!!

I'm thinking that the buttercream would hold on just fine over the poured fondant. Especially if it's American style decorator's buttercream.

I'm not sure about the whipped buttercreams, though--less sugar more butters, there.

--Knox--

OH Sorry! Good Luck and Post the picture when your done : )

knox,

really!!!??? the buttercream would stay?

this is great, thanks so much!!!!

I don't see why not! I use buttercream for decorations on my petit-fours all the time. That's poured fondant under there...

--Knox--

Sounds like it might work out, I hope it does. : )

Can I ask why though you used poured fondant on a sheet cake? Is that a common thing? How does poured fondant taste? I have never tried it.

i did the poured fondant on the cake b/c i wasn't too confident with covering the carved odd shaped cake with fondant. i figured the poured fondant would work best....

i guess i was wrong.


Knox..... thanks.

Everyone, THANK YOU!

It's really not all that hard to cover odd shapes in fondant...as long as it's not a shape with a narrower bottom. That can be a little tricky.

I covered my VW beetle cake in fondant....which is fairly similar to the Wiggles car.

Courtney

I, too, covered a car cake in fondant. It was Wilton's 3D car pan - I had no problem covering it with rolled fondant.

~Chelle

I just bought a Wilton decorating tips book (I'm newbie) and saw the recipe for poured fondant. Is it as easy to use as the rolled MMF? What is the taste like compared to the mmf?

I´ve never worked with poured fondant but what if you cut strips the size of your sides out of regular MMF and let them dry over night and tomorrow you just place them around the cake to cover the sides like that and then decorate over the regular fondant sides??? Just an idea, hope you can fix this, post pics, would love to see the cake. HTH

If buttercream won't stick (and it might not on the sides...I only decorate the tops of my petit fours for that reason), then I bet royal would, it sticks to everything. I have a really hard time on the sides with poured icing as well....if you don't go in one perfect smooth coat, you're lost and you can't touch it up. Darned tasty, though.

thank you all for your help....

here's how if fixed the problem:

I "shaved" the poured fondant glaze off the sides and then covered the whole cake in buttercream stars. It's not how I pictured the cake, but at the last minute.... it all came together.

Boy, cake decorating is a stressful job!

.... but i love it.

thanks to all again!!!