Butter Cakes

Question: I am new to decorating with fondant, I want to make sure I can use a butter cake with fondant instead of a pound cake, it seems the pound cake can dry out. I want to be able to make cakes and cover them with fondant at times instead of the butter cream frosting for a variety of cakes.

Thanks Kare K.

Answer: Yes you can use butter cakes with fondant, I do it all the time. Here is my favorite butter cake recipe, it's actually an orange cake recipe but if you use milk instead of orange juice, then you will have a vanilla butter cake. (but truly the orange cake is wonderful.) The orange flavor is not overpowering and I think the orange juice may add to the moistness of the cake.

You also may want to read this post on my baking questions page all about sponge cakes versus pound cakes.

This post may also answer some questions for you. The best cake to use when covering with fondant.

Hope this helps!
~Lorelie~

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