Comments on: Claudia’s Cake! part 1 rolled fondant

By: misty

misty — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:08:51 +0000

Isnt there a simple fondant recipe of marshmellows melted with powdered sugar? thats what i used for my daughters fonant cake last year, it was my first cake. It was good, just like eating marshmellows.

By: bev

bev — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:39:28 +0000

hi zoe. yes my wedding cake I did was A sucess!
although I need help. I seem to be struggling with my cakes not getting the right size.
like today I did a madeira, recipe said for a 6 inch cake. I used a 6inch deep cake tin and my cake only came half way up. It looked like a sandwhich cake . can you advice me.

thanks bev

By: zoe

zoe — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:37:06 +0000

Hi Bev,

You can freeze the cake, but I would wrap it in plastic and then put it in the box, or it will be freezer burned.

The fruit cake top will need to be very well supported by dowels to keep it from crushing the bottom levels.

Have fun! Zoë

By: bev

bev — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:20:35 +0000

hi zoe , bev again. I am going to do a wedding cake for my daughters friend. she wants a fruit cake for the top tier so that she can keep this for a christening. would this keep having sugarpaste as coating? can it be frozen or stored in cardboard box for a long time?
and the other question , will it be too heavy for the bottom two tiers that are going to be madeira. hope you can help.
thankyou bev

By: bev

bev — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:08:09 +0000

hi zoe , ah thankyou, this is a great help. I can crack on with my christmas mountain cake now. and I will have a look at amazon.
thanks again bev.
have a lovely christmas.

By: zoe

zoe — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:28:36 +0000

Hi Bev,

This is such a great question. Usually the fondant sticks right away, since you are rubbing it onto the cake. This may have something to do with the recipe you use for buttercream, normally it will warm up fairly quickly. If it still feels rock hard when you are ready to go, then give it a few more minutes.

I have found vinyl at my local fabric store and it used to be available on Amazon. This is a good alternative to vinyl if you can’t find it locally: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012XJFNW?ie=UTF8&tag=zoebakes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0012XJFNW

Thanks, Zoë

By: bev

bev — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:21:58 +0000

hi zoe , can you tell me were I can buy the vinyl from
thanks bev

By: bev

bev — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:18:52 +0000

hi zoe, I have watched a few of your video’s on you tube now which are great, easy to follow. you know when you put the cake in the fridge with crumb coat on and then take it out to cover in sugarpaste. Do I leave the cake stand for a while so that the sugarpaste sticks to it or will it stick straight away. hope you can help!
thanks bev

By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:50:13 +0000

Hi Zoe!
Thanks for the fondant recipe and taking the time to share with all of us! I have a question; I have tried the recipe and was down to about 2/3 of a cup of the sugar left to incorporate and the “dough” began to feel hard and really more difficult to knead in more sugar. I stopped and finally got it into a ball and wrapped it but had about a 1/4 cup left. Should I have continued to incorporate the remainder or did I add too much. The ball is hard and seems to crack more than had I stopped earlier. Hope this makes sense and congrats on the book! I will be back on bread making soon.
Eli

By: zoe

zoe — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:56:16 +0000

Hi Lynnette,

So glad you like the cake I made for Claudia. Fondant once it is exposed to the air for any amount of time does begin to harden. If you want to keep it soft it has to be covered and/or refrigerated.

Here is a post I did about the flowers: http://zoebakes.com/?p=614

Thanks, Zoë