Curious George Cake Anyone??? Part 2 (Updated with Picture Tutorial)

                   How To Put Fondant On A Cake

You want to dirty ice or crumb coat your cake and let it set, it should take about 10-20 minutes.




While your cake is setting up, at this point you want to add the color of you choice, one drop at a time to get the color you want. You want to roll out you fondant to 1/8 inch thick. it should be almost double the size of your cake. Use powdered sugar or cornstarch to roll out the fondant.



Put another coat of butter cream on your cake, this will help your fondant to stick to the cake. To put the fondant on your the rolling pin. This can be done 2 ways:

Draping over the rolling pin

Rolling it over the rolling pin

        


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Carefully roll the fondant on the cake, make sure it on the whole cake evenly.



Once the fondant is on the cake, smooth the top with smoother or gently with the palm of your hand (gently). For the sides you want smooth down and GENTLY pull out until it looks like this:





Cut the access of cake, get as close to the cake as you can without cutting too much and you should be left with this: