Gumpaste + Fondant cracking
Hey ladies,
Question while i was making my first fondant cake...one of the things I made was a crown. So i added gumpaste to the fondant and made the crown and let it sit to dry. But i noticied that it started to crack in all sorts of places (and obviously I was freaking out)!! I couldn't get a smooth look to the crown. I tried sticking the cracks together with water and that didn't work!!
I did manage to get the crown safely onto the cake, but for future cakes could you help me understand why the cracks would occur? Is there something I am doing wrong??
Cheers!!
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Permalink Reply by Eileen S on
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Meera - that's a pretty thick piece of fondant/gumpaste, so my guess is that the weight of it was pulling it apart as it was draped over your mold to set up. This is just a guess, however. You may want to go a little thinner next time? You can actually go quite thin with the 50/50 and it will set up nice and hard (it will, however, be more brittle so you'll need to handle with care).
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Permalink Reply by Mizztry on
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Hey...no it was not homemade fondant, it was the Goldas Kitchen brand....
I thought if i made it thicker it would not crack, and it was 50/50..... I did make one that was quite thin but that one started cracking too so i got nervous and made it really thick!!! loL! So next time i make an in betweeny!!
Cheers
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Permalink Reply by Diana Viera on
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Try adding a little more Crisco ~ looked a little too dry.
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