Yes, I practiced decorating a mug. The kids each got their own hunk of marzipan to fool around with. Can you see Galen in the background in that last picture? You can almost hear him thinking, “come on Women! Enough with the pictures, bring on the cake!”
This time (for a good laugh and a peek at last time click here) things went much, much better. I decided that the wisest course would be to abandon the fondant entirely and go a different way. I’m really quite pleased with how it turned out.
Only one little problem…after about 20 minutes or so the icing started slowly slipping off the cake. I think the chocolate coating underneath may be too slick? I did forget to brush it with something sticky first to help it adhere. Any fabulous cake decorating gurus out there with ideas on how to prevent this from happening in the future?
Oh, yes, I know of the perfect solution. Invite me and the kids over for cake, and there won’t be any problems with it lasting over 20 minutes!
Lol! Don’t be so sure! It’s unbelievably rich. I’m a little concerned we’re going to kill people with it. I’m not sure you could handle it all in one sitting. Granted, my kids would be glad to help you out!
did you crumb coat it then refridgerate before iceing? I now my aunt the former cake guru did that and it helped.
We used a chocolate ganache as the crumb coat and did refrigerate before icing. I’m wondering if the chocolate ended up being too slick? Or maybe the icing which is nice and stiff and easy to work with, actually needs a bit more moisture to make it sticky. I don’t know. Guess I’ll have to experiment.