fondant over chocolate buttercream
A friend just asked me to do a chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream for this weekend. No problem at all but then she wants white fondant over it with pretty colored fondant decorations. I haven't put white on top of chocolate buttercream so I was wondering if anyone knows if it will bleed through. I am doing a small test tonight but don't want to waste time if it definitely won't work.
Thanks ahead of time.
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Permalink Reply by Bettina Dwyer on
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I use dark chocolate ganache over my chocolate cakes and then cover with fondant, and I've never had a problem with colour bleeding through.
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Permalink Reply by Kim Miller on
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That's a good idea. Thanks Bettina. I just might have to try it. We did the test cake and you can definitely see the chocolate through the white. My husband rolled the fondant alot thinner than we normally would though so maybe that made a difference.
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I find that the ganache is a lot more stable and firmer to work with than buttercream. If you have a look at my gallery, a majority of the cakes there have dark chocolate ganache underneath the fondant; even under white fondant it doesn't show through.
Good luck with it and dont' forget to post pics of the finished product!
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Permalink Reply by jeri c on
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And thanks to Bettina... a couple years ago on another forum... she introduced me to Ganache... I use it all the time on chocolate cakes and put white fondant over it... works like a dream! Just make sure you do not roll your fondant too thin!!!
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We tried it and it worked out great. One of the kids in the family couldn't have heavy cream products, so we didn't do the ganache this time but we will definitely give it try when we do my daughter-in-laws baby shower cake! We posted a few pictures. It is the Dora and Diego Cake. I really need to post more of our pictures on here. Thanks for the great advice!
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