Can i put fondant decorations on buttercream frosting

There are tons of flavors of the nonperishable pastry fillings available. I've had fondant cakes sit out at room temp for more than a week and still be fabulous.

Albena Raga Explainer. Will fondant soften on buttercream? The moisture in the buttercream can soften toppers made with fondant. Chocolate toppers are not affected by the moisture in the buttercream and are much nicer to eat.

Another tip is wait until the buttercream has completely crusted over and then pop the hearts on at the latest possible time before the wedding. Billy Rishmal Pundit. Does a cake with buttercream need to be refrigerated?

Does buttercream frosting need to be refrigerated? If you want to make the frosting ahead of time, store it in the fridge, in an airtight container, for up to days. If you intend to keep cupcakes or cake for longer than a day, store in the fridge and bring to room temperature before serving.

Lia Brilhante Pundit. How early can I decorate a cake? Easy Make-Ahead Cake Tips. Moruena Sabariego Pundit. Will buttercream flowers stick to fondant? Hi, Yes You will want to put buttercream frosting on your cakes first and then apply your rolled fondant icing. Clarencia Niculescu Pundit. Can you keep fondant decorations? Keep the decorations in an airtight container or a resealable plastic bag.

Once you have the fondant decorations wrapped, set them in an airtight plastic or glass container to store them. You can also use a resealable plastic bag. Put the lid on the container to preserve your decorations. Do you perhaps have a tutorial of how to attach fondant flowers on a fondant wedding cake. Do you use toothpicks? How can you prevent it from breaking out of the cake if the flowers are heavy? Hi I am making a Christmas tree shaped wedding cake and coveting it with royal icing.

I am making lots of snowflakes from fondant. Letting them dry thoroughly and decorating them. How should I attach the snow flakes to the royal icing which is not smooth. Raw egg white mixed with icing sugar powdered sugar in America? Anyway, it's used to ice biscuits cookies , cakes, and adhere things together in the UK. Yes, I justwatched a video tutorial on Bluprint and the lady used pasteurized egg whites to adhere the fondant.

We used to use egg yolks with food coloring for paint too. Not recommended now do to issues with salmonella. I hope you are using pasteurized egg whites! Otherwise you risk making people quite sick. Also be aware that some people have egg allergies that are only a problem when the egg is not cooked with flour. Cake baked with egg would be fine for them, but egg whites would not! A very good point! Either powdered egg whites, or pasteurized will work.

Great for holding flower parts together also. Thanks for these suggestions! I am going to use fondant for the first time this holiday season.

For some reason, I have always been afraid of it. Love the idea of marshmallow fondant as an adhesive. Thanks for the Tips Rose! I sometimes use corn syrup mixed with a bit of water. This is especially good for adhering fondant to sugar cookies. I've also used vodka to adhere fondant to fondant. The alcohol evaporates as it dries. This works for attaching letters to cake boards, too!

Me too! I used it just yesterday to put together some flowers. A bit of the cake colored fondant mixed with piping gel to form a paste works like RI. That's a great idea.

I have to add sugar flowers at an angle on the front of a wedding cake. I have them on long sticks. But I can't take a chance! I have used royal icing as well with good success, it dries quickly and doesn't make the mess sometimes corn syrup can.

Hi Rose, Bit off topic, but I'm struggling with sticky fondant! It rolls and covers well, but goes shiny and sticky when left overnight, instead of drying nicely. Any ideas on why? Thank you Debbie. Are you covering a cold or frozen cake? That will make it get sticky. Also if you have a lot of humidity in your home.

Think it may be humidity. Cakes I made in the summer were fine, but as the weather has turned colder, the problems started.

I've also moved house, smaller kitchen, and windows steam up pretty quickly. I'm wondering if the cooker extraxtor hood is working properly! All of my decorated cakes are buttercream with fondant accents, unless the customer just prefers all fondant. I just let my cake chill for a few minutes then decorate. For larger, heavier pieces like bows, or balls, I attach those with candy melts. Trying to post pic, I'm not very good at this edited to say: I'll try to post it in my pics if I can even remember how to do that.

It's the "Libby" cake. I am new to this site and just wanted to say thanks for the advice above! I am doing my son's Mario Bros themed birthday cake this coming week and was loathe to think of covering a cake with fondant due to my lack of experience in that dept - then i thought of the fondant deco on top of bc icing angle.

Then I imagined the fondant decorations slowly sliding down the cake on the way into the party. Then I imagined myself throwing the cake in the trash and running to the nearest grocery store for some cupcakes I plan on perusing the site more, lots of great info here!

HI, I know this is an old thread I am doing a patriotic cake for my boss for his 50th birthday, could I do something like this, but mainly buttercream and the stripes and stars are fondant. I too an nervous about adding fondant to buttercream. I do buttercream covered cakes with fondant details all of the time. Nothing to be worried about.

I just wet the fondant a little if my icing has already crusted, and stick them on. You'll be fine, and so will the cake! I have never really worked with SMBC, but have heard great things about how smooth you can get the cakes. Exactly as ypierce82 said. If you are applying your decoration to fresh buttercream icing, you can skip this step. Fresh buttercream icing is a suitable adherent by itself.

Press your fondant decoration, dampened side down, onto the icing. If the decoration is heavy or bulky, add decorative flourishes of fresh buttercream around the fondant decoration to help stabilize it.

If it is large and smooth, such as a fondant ribbon, dust your fingers in cornstarch again and gently press the decoration until it sits smoothly on the buttercream.