RE: Fondant Questions

RE: Fondant Questions (Full Version)

All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid

Message

Jeffff -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:04:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck Ganache will come out smoother because it's basically poured. Think about the frosting on a Boston Cream Pie it's pretty much a ganache. However it will only be a smooth as your crumb coat is. I have better luck doing more than one crumb coat to get a really smooth finish and then pouring the ganache. Otherwise I've used a offset spatula, dipped in water, and a very steady hand to get any other frosting super smooth. You need an offset as big as the biggest cake so it covers the cake itself and a good spin base. I use a lazy susan with a bowl turned upside down to hold the cake itself. Are you reading that Aileen? you're fucked. Jeff

divi -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:06:01 PM)
I agree after reading that .. go buy a cake

Aileen1968 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:06:53 PM)
I am so fucked...

divi -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:07:48 PM)
I agree lol

windchymes -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:09:08 PM)
Sam's Club has pretty good sheet cakes......[;)]

CalifChick -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:09:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19 quote: ORIGINAL: CalifChick For super-smooth, google the phrase "viva method". Basically you frost with a crusting buttercream, and after it crusts, lay a Viva brand paper towel on it, and smooth it with your hand. Viva is the only non-patterned paper towel. If the frosting sticks to the paper towel it means the frosting has not crusted enough, smooth it out with a spatula and wait longer. Cali I thought typically there was 2 layers. A crumb layer and then later after it dries a second coating? Is the Viva method easier? The Viva Method is just a way to get the topmost layer of frosting to be smooth. I usually rough-coat it for the crumb coat, and smooth that with the spatula (doesn't have to be perfect). Let it dry, then coat it again with your final coat, making it as smooth as you can with the spatula. Then do the paper towel part once that has crusted. Here is an article with pictures. In that article, they also show how to make it look like fondant by rounding the corners. Cali

SDFemDom4cuck -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:10:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jeffff quote: ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck Ganache will come out smoother because it's basically poured. Think about the frosting on a Boston Cream Pie it's pretty much a ganache. However it will only be a smooth as your crumb coat is. I have better luck doing more than one crumb coat to get a really smooth finish and then pouring the ganache. Otherwise I've used a offset spatula, dipped in water, and a very steady hand to get any other frosting super smooth. You need an offset as big as the biggest cake so it covers the cake itself and a good spin base. I use a lazy susan with a bowl turned upside down to hold the cake itself. Are you reading that Aileen? you're fucked. Jeff She is not...Honey don't listen to him. Make some cupcakes and practice on them so you have the technique down...but make them a flat topped cupcake rather than a rounded top. Actually I think a cupcake tower would be awesome for a little girls birthday if they like cupcakes. I love marzipan as an adult...as a kid it's a bit too much.

lusciouslips19 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:13:08 PM)
Yummsers. That Polystyrene looks delish!!!!

lusciouslips19 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:14:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: windchymes Sam's Club has pretty good sheet cakes......[;)] Mexican Bakeries make the best cakes!

Aileen1968 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:15:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19 quote: ORIGINAL: windchymes Sam's Club has pretty good sheet cakes......[;)] Mexican Bakeries make the best cakes! Pepe would be happy. [:)] (inside joke)

LaTigresse -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:15:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subtee I don't know any of this stuff. Am I even a girl? Apparently I'm not either. And I like cake.

Jeffff -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:16:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19 Yummsers. That Polystyrene looks delish!!!! You are feeding people PETRO chemicals? Geez.... Why didn't we think of that Exon-Mobile Corp.

domiguy -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:16:02 PM)
Go to Aldi. You cheap whore.

dcnovice -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:17:11 PM)
You could make one of these.

domiguy -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:17:14 PM)
In a previous life I had children. They hated me.

calamitysandra -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:18:57 PM)
Go here, have a long look, laugh, and then pay somebody to do the cake, if you are set on having it look perfect. But make sure they actually know what they are doing.

domiguy -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:26:37 PM)
Here is a nice cake.

Jeffff -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:27:33 PM)
You know, when you considerer all the dreams that have been crushed here, a cake isn't so bad. Jeff

lusciouslips19 -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:28:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck Ganache will come out smoother because it's basically poured. Think about the frosting on a Boston Cream Pie it's pretty much a ganache. However it will only be a smooth as your crumb coat is. I have better luck doing more than one crumb coat to get a really smooth finish and then pouring the ganache. Otherwise I've used a offset spatula, dipped in water, and a very steady hand to get any other frosting super smooth. You need an offset as big as the biggest cake so it covers the cake itself and a good spin base. I use a lazy susan with a bowl turned upside down to hold the cake itself. I agree. I dont have the patience for this crap. So I like easy and impressive. When it looks like a Potshke, but it isnt. [:)]

domiguy -> RE: Fondant Questions (1/8/2010 3:29:34 PM)
I like cake. Who doesn't like cake? I'll take a nice lovely slice of cake over most people that I have met. I was a baker in a previous life. I made cake. People liked me.

Page: << < prev 1 2 [3] 4 5 next > >>

Collarchat.com © 2025

Terms of Service

0.046875