Dora Cake - Cake & Icing Question

**sloane** · October 6th, 2011, 01:18 PM

i bet it will still taste FAR better than a packet mix though

and the fondant will cover anything up. i'm so looking forward to seeing some pics on fb. i reckon it's going to look awesome!

**Miss.September** · October 6th, 2011, 01:18 PM

How you're decorating it sounds great! Try not to worry that it cracked, mud cake does it at the best of times (well, I'm no expert but I always have cracked mud cakes!). The fondant will cover it and it will look sensational. Well done

**HotI** · October 6th, 2011, 02:10 PM

The last one tasted awesome anyway!!! I bet it will turn out great, chicky. I want to see pics!

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · October 6th, 2011, 02:24 PM

Thx ladies, hopefully it looks ok, think it will taste ok. It smelt great!

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**Miss.September** · October 6th, 2011, 02:27 PM

Don't forget too, you are your own worst critic. I can see every mistake I've made on a cross stitch, or the lump in the fondant on a cake, but nobody else can.

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · October 6th, 2011, 02:30 PM

Thx Hun, hoping the cracks don't show through in the fondant.

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**sloane** · October 6th, 2011, 02:32 PM

i've never used fondant but could you do a layer of icing under the fondant? or is that what you do with fondant anyway?

anyways, the important thing here is that now i really NEED cake

**Miss.September** · October 6th, 2011, 03:11 PM

I've seen a couple of things that will stick fondant on - egg whites on the cake will help stick the fondant down. The cake I made yesterday I was supposed to have a cream cheese frosting on it but I didn't have enough so I put a thin layer of cream cheese over the top of the cake and then put the fondant on. Was a bit worried about that one, but we got a nice subtle cream cheese taste. Doing a layer of icing the same colour of the fondant would smooth it out and hide the cracks - especially if they're wide cracks (but whether it's the "right" think to do as far as a cakemaker goes remains to be known! LOL). I'd go for it, but then in my kitchen, anything goes!

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · October 6th, 2011, 04:21 PM

I'm going to do buttercream icing under the fondant and then also use buttercream to hold the figurines in place aswell as a sticky base for my sprinkle river and flake dirt track

Eeeeeeekkkkk

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · October 6th, 2011, 09:46 PM

Think it looks ok, not perfect but ok, pics on camera so will prob upload Saturday or something.

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