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How To Make Fondant Dry Faster! Plz Help Me!

Decorating By shell62995 Updated 12 Jul 2015 , 2:40am by Magda_MI

shell62995 Posted 15 May 2009 , 3:33pm post #1 of 22

I broke the cowboy hat brim last night. I made another one out of only fondant and need it to dry ASAP so I can finish making the cake for a raffle tomorrow morning! any suggestions?

21 replies msulli10 Posted 15 May 2009 , 3:39pm post #2 of 22

It's a little to late for this, but in the future mix in some gumpaste or tylose powder.

YALANTZI Posted 15 May 2009 , 3:40pm post #3 of 22

is there any way you can repair the broken one?? what was it made out of??

shell62995 Posted 15 May 2009 , 3:44pm post #4 of 22

I made the 1st one 50/50 gumpaste and fondant. I tossed it when I broke it! Do you think I should make something else for the raffle? Call it a lesson learned and make another cake?

Karenelli Posted 15 May 2009 , 3:44pm post #5 of 22

How about putting it in your oven with just the light bulb that lights the oven on. I've heard that will give off a little heat. Maybe enough to dry the fondant. If only you had added a little gumpaste it would dry more quickly. Any change you can redo?

sadsmile Posted 15 May 2009 , 4:00pm post #6 of 22

I would use a little fan pointed directly on it ON HIGH! Things that are still dusted with corn starch dry much faster for me and I just brush it off later. If you can get air under and around it it will dry faster. Parchment paper will alow air to move more where wax paper will not. If it wouldn't stick I would even go as far as placing it on a peice of foam or a washcloth to help with air flow under it. I wouldn't do the oven thing it needs more air to absorb the moisture from it. An oven is mostly sealed with vents and dosn't get good air flow.

shell62995 Posted 15 May 2009 , 5:05pm post #7 of 22

I dont have a box fan!! Ahh man!

Donnagardner Posted 15 May 2009 , 5:13pm post #8 of 22

What about a food dehydrator (sp?)

JawdroppingCakes Posted 15 May 2009 , 5:14pm post #9 of 22

Put your cake under the air condition vent and lower the air so it keeps blowing on it.

shell62995 Posted 15 May 2009 , 5:48pm post #10 of 22 Quote:Originally Posted by JawdroppingCakesPut your cake under the air condition vent and lower the air so it keeps blowing on it.

good idea! Trying that now!

sadsmile Posted 15 May 2009 , 6:07pm post #11 of 22

yeah lowering your AC temp will help suck out more moisture in the air.

tanya1927 Posted 19 May 2014 , 1:32pm post #12 of 22

I always use tylose powder in my fondant.It dries so fast

howsweet Posted 19 May 2014 , 3:18pm post #13 of 22

ALowering temp in your house raises the humidity. This is apparently counter intuitive and the opposite of what people in the a/c business usually say.

I Googled it again and the sites that seemed science based said turning your a/c temp down lower raises humidity and this has been my personal experience. Everything else I found says the opposite. But I'm inclined to go with what I've actually observed. Outside humidity and temp may be a factor, from what I was reading.

FrostedMoon Posted 19 May 2014 , 3:37pm post #14 of 22

AHowsweet is right about the a/c! Last summer during a very humid stretch I had an awful time trying to get cookies with fondant decorations to dry enough to be mailed. Moving them close to the a/c actually made them sticky and softer than they had been before.

If you have lights under your upper cabinets (assuming you have those), try putting it up near those lights. It will still get the air flow, but it will get a little heat to speed the drying process like you would in the oven.

Good luck!

imlilirish1 Posted 10 Jul 2015 , 3:53am post #15 of 22

Would putting it in the freezer help? I'm also trying to make some fondant dry quicker. A last minute request for a cake for tomorrow night!

BoozeBabe Posted 10 Jul 2015 , 4:22am post #16 of 22

I have a 6 inch fan I use to help dry items like that. How about using a hair drier on cool, low setting?

cassiepittman07 Posted 10 Jul 2015 , 4:32am post #17 of 22

The freezer will give too much moisture.

bubs1stbirthday Posted 10 Jul 2015 , 4:48am post #18 of 22

If you put it in the freezer it wont dry and when you get it out of the freezer it will be worse than when you put it in there.

If I were you I would try modeling chocolate, it will set up much easier than fondant when you are in a hurry and it wont break from handling it (just melt and soften up if you have hot hands like me :-( - I always keep an 'ice mat' on my bench when I am working with MC to cool my hands on)

SquirrellyCakes Posted 10 Jul 2015 , 9:23am post #19 of 22

You would be better off remaking the item out of gumpaste or adding tylose powder to the fondant.

imlilirish1 Posted 10 Jul 2015 , 6:34pm post #20 of 22

Next time I will add the gumpaste. Forgot about that - but i did put it in the freezer then the refrigerator overnight. Just delivered it and she loves it. She's keeping it cool until the party tonight at 7. Couldn't use chocolate - the person it was for doesn't like chocolate. Then again... I'm sure they won't eat the fonadant!

Thanks for the suggestions! :D

FrostedMoon Posted 11 Jul 2015 , 1:09pm post #21 of 22

Keep in mind you can make modeling chocolate out of white chocolate or candy melts. Definitely no real chocolate in those unless they are chocolate flavored!

Magda_MI Posted 12 Jul 2015 , 2:40am post #22 of 22

Blowing A/C probably made it sticky because it was cold enough that moisture condensed out of the air onto it, like it does on a glass of ice water.Relative humidity will sometimes go up when it cools down, because it's a measure of how much moisture is in the air relative to what it can hold at that specific temperature, and cold air holds less moisture. However, running the A/C will drop the dew point, the total amount of moisture in the air.

Like others, when I want fondant to dry quickly I add tylose powder, which isn't much help for you at this point, alas.

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