Best Cake To Use When Covering With Fondant

Question
I am new to decorating cakes, and I would like to know what the best cake to use with fondant would be.

Answer
The best cake to use when covering with fondant is a cake that is firm. My first choice is my best carrot cake recipe with butercream or cream cheese filling, but I have also used my chocolate cake recipe and white wedding cake recipe many times over with great success.

Also it's important with a fondant cake to fill your cake with something that will stay firm enough, such as Ganache or butter cream. Keep your cakes well chilled right up until you start the process of finishing them with buttercream and fondant.

Once you put the fondant on you should not refrigerate the cake. But do keep it in a cool dry place.

Hope this helps :)

Links
Best carrot cake recipe

Chocolate cake recipe

White wedding cake recipe

Comments

More on this fondant question
by: Abby

So, does this mean that I can use the cream cheese filling even though the cake is going to be covered with fondant and stay out of the refrigerator?
Also Can i use a custard filling with a fondant cake?
Thanks

Fondant cake fillings
by: Lorelie

Hi Abby, I would not use a custard, and only a cream cheese filling if the cake is not going to sit around for more than a day outside the fridge. Buttercream is the best choice or a ganache' if it is a chocolate cake. Any filling that has a slippery loose quality like custard and even cream cheese can cause problems. If you do use cream cheese filling put a dam of buttercream around the edges and keep the cake in a very cool, dry place

Is it possible to frost and fondant ice a ginger cake

Question
My daughter would like one of the tiers of her wedding cake to be a ginger cake. I have found a recipe which appears to have quite a dense consistency, but am still concerned to know if a thin layer of buttercream frosting and then fondant icing work with this cake?

Answer
I don't see a problem with putting a layer of buttercream and then fondant onto a ginger cake as long as it's sturdy.

Sounds yummy and I am sure it will be beautiful. If you would like to send a picture of the finished cake, you can enter one of my cake decorating contests or post a story and photo of your cakes at the sharing wedding cakes page.

Fondant over a chocolate cake

by Ambeline

Hi There,
Can I put fondant icing over a chocolate cake, and how long before the wedding day can I do it.
Ambelene

Hi Ambeline, Yes you can put fondant over a chocolate cake. You will need to first frost the cake in buttercream though so that the chocolate color does not show through and so that the surface is smoothed out.

I have quite a few posts on this subject. The problem that I have had with using fondant is that if you refrigerate it it gets sticky and shiny and loses that nice porcelain finish. So I wait until the day before if possible to put the fondant on the cake and then leave it out of the fridge which limits your filling choices.
Thanks

Comments

FONDANT OVER SPONGE CAKE
by: Ambeline

Thank you for your answer, it is most helpful and I have learned so much.
Ambelene

Rolled fondant icing on a moist carrot cake?

Hi-We are wondering if rolled fondant icing on a moist carrot cake would pose a problem? Will the moisture and oils come through the rolled fondant icing. And do we put a layer of royal icing underneath to prevent a problem?

Hi, I use a layer of butter cream and have never had any oils coming through. You could use royal but I would think that it would be too crunchy under the fondant as royal icing hardens as it dries. Another plus with the buttercream frosting is that it adds flavor and texture. People who do not like fondant can just peel it off and still enjoy the frosting.

A link to my carrot cake recipes

mudcake with just fondant ok ?

Can I bake a mudcake and ice with just fondant?

Hi Good question. The answer is yes you can ice a mudcake with fondant, although I would put a layer of buttercream under the fondant first as the cake may show through. Hope your cake turns out great! Can you send a picture of it when it is done? Here is the page for sharingThanks so much.

Box Cake Mix For Fondant Cakes

Can I use a box cake mix for fondant cakes. It is for a wedding cake. If not what is the difference?

Generally when using fondant to cover a wedding cake you want to use a firm cake. Having said that I think you can probably get away with using a box cake mix. Just find a good dense one, not too fluffy and light. A fudge chocolate one for instance or a yellow cake with whole eggs.

I don't use mixes so I don't know which one to recommend. Why don't you experiment a little and bake up a couple of box cake mixes and test them a bit.

Another suggestion is to use a firm filling like a buttercream, refrigerate it to get the cakes good and hard before crumb coating, frosting and en-robing with the rolled fondant.

Then make sure you use good strong dowel's to take the pressure off of the cakes on the bottom.

Hope that helps. Can you let me know how it went and what mix you ended up with so we can help the next person who comes along with that question.

You can upload a pic of your finished cake for us to see as well. Thanks so much for visiting and asking a great question.

Rolled fondant on carrot cake?

by Anita
(UK)

Question: I have made a carrot cake and don't wish to use marzipan. Can I put rolled fondant icing directly onto the cake?

Answer Hi Anita, Yes you can put rolled fondant directly onto a carrot cake, however you will probably be able to see the cake underneath through it. So my suggestion is to layer some butter cream frosting onto the carrot cake or even carrot cake icing before placing the rolled fondant onto the cake.

Comments

Fondant to cover filled cake
by novicebaker

Hi.. this site is really a big help. Can I cover my cake with fondant, filled with chocolate ganache and cherry? thanks. I plan to make it Sunday night for an early Monday b-day celebration.

YES by Lorelie
Hi yes you can. I am learning through helpful visitors that that you can refrigerate Satin Ice Fondant. So if this is so then you can fill your cake with chocolate mousse. Thanks for visiting. Please come back and let us know how it worked out for you.