Can I coat a very soft cake with royal icing before I cover with fondant?
Im preparing a very soft tender cake for covering with fondant. I need it to be really smooth but I also don't want the icing to be too heavy on the cake. I'm not familiar with ganache can I use a coating of royal icing?
Best Answer
I don’t know that I’d suggest it
There are a few variations on royal icing, and many of them set quite hard. This would be a problem for fondant coating, as you want the buttercream layer to act as a mastic to adhere the fondant to the cake
If the cake is especially soft, you’re not going to be able to use smoothing tools without crushing the cake
You might be able to use royal icing on the top of the cake if you use a ‘flood fill’ technique. I’d actually do it in two layers: pipe a ring of stiff icing around the edge of the cake, then flood with royal icing and let it firm up. When you’re ready to apply the fondant, flood again and then set you fondant on the cake
By doing this, I hope that the first fondant layer will act to distribute force to a wider area, and the second wet layer acts as the mastic and deforms if you press too hard
To deal with the possibility of this being too sweet, you can use lemon juice in your royal icing to counter some of the sweetness
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Can I use just a shell tip and use royal icing with the fondant icing? Hi Pamela, Yes you can use royal icing to pipe your borders on a fondant cake. You can also use buttercream icing.Can you put royal icing straight onto a cake?
Covering a cake with royal icing or buttercreamButtercream can be spread directly on to the cake; if you are using royal icing, first cover the cake with apricot glaze (see above). 1) Stir royal icing or buttercream just before using, to make sure it is easy to spread.What do you put on a cake before fondant?
Before you can cover your cake with fondant, you need to crumb coat your cake. This thin layer of frosting traps any cake crumbs and acts as an adhesive so your fondant doesn't fall off or move around.How far in advance can you decorate a cake with royal icing?
Allow the iced cake to dry and harden for 1-2 days before adding a piped decoration so that any mistakes can be easily scraped off. You can pipe designs such as flowers or swirls onto florists cellophane and leave them to dry at room temperature before carefully adding them onto the cake.How To Crumb Coat A Cake Before Covering It With Fondant /For Beginners.
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That seems risky, and the combination or royal icing + fondant will probably ruin your cake by making it way too sweet. I have never tried myself, but I have tasted good cakes where they used buttercream, or simply chocolate or jam, and I have seen this recommendation on different websites and blogs.
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