How do you stick fondant to chocolate?

Use prepared royal icing or make your own by mixing water, meringue powder and confectioner’s sugar. Put the icing in a piping bag and squeeze out a small amount onto the back or bottom of your modeling chocolate decoration. Gently press it onto the fondant surface using a flat hand or a fondant smoothing paddle.

Can I put fondant on a cold cake?

You can also put fondant cakes with perishable fillings in the fridge. Of course, always bring the cake to room temperature before serving. Since room temperature cakes taste better than cold chilled cakes .

Can I cover a cake with fondant without buttercream?

Probably not. The fondant really needs the buttercream to adhere to and give a nice smooth finish. You could try covering the cake with piping gel, but that wouldn’t have the best flavor and you’d have an extremely sticky surface that you could t work with.

What can I use instead of candy melts for cake pops?

The only substitute for candy melts would be chocolate. If you set out to make cake balls without candy melts , you will need to mix 1 tbsp vegetable oil for every 1 cup chocolate chips.

How do you dip cake balls?

Dip each cake ball by holding them upside down by the toothpick and submerging the ball into the candy coating. Gently lift out and shake off excess while still upside down. Turn right side up and stick the toothpick into the styrofoam block. Let dry completely.

Why did my cake pops fall off the stick?

Going overboard can cause your cake balls to fall of the sticks . The best rule of thumb is to start out with a small amount of icing and slowly add more until your mix reaches the consistency of clay. In my basic cake pop recipes, I use 1/3 to 1/2 cup of frosting.

Can I cover cake pops with fondant?

However just to answer your question, yes you can cover cake pops with fondant . Cut a cirlce of fondant bigger than the cake pop , brush the pop with a little water and wrap it in the fondant circle, smoothing the cut edges underneath.

Does fondant stick to modeling chocolate?

Modeling chocolate is AMAZINGLY friendly with other mediums like fondant , gumpaste and even Tylose powder.

Can you put fondant on chocolate cake?

Hi Ambeline, Yes you can put fondant over a chocolate cake . You will need to first frost the cake in buttercream though so that the chocolate color does not show through and so that the surface is smoothed out.

How do you cut a cake into numbers?

Cut the cake into three slices. Leave the right slice whole, then cut the middle slice in half. Cut the half in half. With the left slice , cut one quarter diagonally from the top and another quarter from the bottom.