How to Fix Cracked Fondant on a Cake
Frost the cake with buttercream or marzipan first.. Check your fondant for air bubbles, rough spots, and thickness.. Use your fondant immediately after making it.
Steps
Frost the cake with buttercream or marzipan first.
Frost the cake with buttercream or marzipan first.
Check your fondant for air bubbles, rough spots, and thickness.
Check your fondant for air bubbles, rough spots, and thickness.
Use your fondant immediately after making it.
Use your fondant immediately after making it.
Treat dry fondant with oil before you put it on.
Treat dry fondant with oil before you put it on.
Prepare a small piece of fondant.
Prepare a small piece of fondant.
Coat your fingers or an icing knife in oil or shortening.
Coat your fingers or an icing knife in oil or shortening.
Rub the fondant patch into the surface.
Rub the fondant patch into the surface.
Dust with confectioner's sugar (optional).
Dust with confectioner's sugar (optional).
Put your fondant scraps into a bowl.
Put your fondant scraps into a bowl.
Add a few drops each of water and vegetable oil.
Add a few drops each of water and vegetable oil.
Mix until it resembles a paste.
Mix until it resembles a paste.
Add the paste to a piping bag.
Add the paste to a piping bag.
Pipe over the crack.
Pipe over the crack.
Use an icing knife or fingers to blend the piping in.
Use an icing knife or fingers to blend the piping in.
Dust with confectioner's sugar (optional).
Dust with confectioner's sugar (optional).
See if you can adjust your cake design to cover the crack.
See if you can adjust your cake design to cover the crack.
Choose a design element to put over the crack.
Choose a design element to put over the crack.
Cover the crack with your design.
Cover the crack with your design.
Blend it into the fondant if necessary.
Blend it into the fondant if necessary.
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