Covering a square cake with fondant

In order to achieve a good finish you need to cover the cake with ganache first, allow it to set and ensure your fondant is rolled out fairly thin.
Once you've done what's shown on the video, you will need to do further smoothing.

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• cake decorating
• how cakes
• covering square cake with fondant
• square cake

[mackjaney]

also, is your recipe for the fondant you are using available? it looks so soft and smooth.

[natiscakes]

@mackjaney I use Bakels fondant. I don't make my own :)

[natiscakes]

@mcuaron you make the ganache and let it set first. You then warm it a little to get it to a spreadable consistency and you apply it as you would butter cream. Then you let it air dry/set. If you're in a hurry you can put it in the fridge, but then you need to let the cake come to room temp, because you may get condensation when you put the fondant on, and then it becomes hard to smooth it out as the smoothers stick to it. :D

[mcuaron]

@natiscakes ohh hah ok. so how do u cover it with ganache? i want to try it in the future :)

[natiscakes]

@mcuaron Oooops, sorry, my mistake. I don't work with buttercream, so can't help there ;)

[mcuaron]

@natiscakes she did not ask what it was covered with, she asked if you could tell her IF she was to apply butter cream, should she refrigerate the cake before applying the fondant?

[natiscakes]

@Musiq94 no plastic wrap, it's best that nothing is touching the ganache whilst it dries

[natiscakes]

@mamthababe no buttercream, it's ganache

[natiscakes]

@starryeyesurpise As the video description says, the cake is covered with ganache :)

[natiscakes]

@realdeal241 I prefer to use only ganache to cover the cakes before putting fondant on.