You can add a professional look to a cake by using fondant over the cake. Many people may wonder; what is fondant? Well, fondant is a sugar based confection that can be rolled on to cakes. Usually, fondant cakes have an ultra smooth finish and an appealing appearance. Most professional cake designers usually use fondant on their cakes especially for wedding cakes. The best thing is that fondant can be attached to the cake with a lot of ease yet it will give the cake such a touch of style. By trying to frost a cake using whipped or butter cream, it may be very hard to give your cake that appealing finish. You could have crumbs getting into the frosting of the cake. In addition, if the cake happens to be uneven, it may be hard to correct the cake using regular icing. This is where fondant comes in handy. Fondant is usually used to cover up cakes in a smooth layer and this helps in masking any blemishes and imperfections that the cake may have. Any layers in the cake that may be irregular are smoothed out by fondant. This is the reason why fondant cakes usually have a very regular finishing. Compared to other types of cake, fondant cakes are very easy to decorate and alter thus adding a touch of authenticity to them. For instance, if you are making a cake for a wedding, you may have a fondant figure made in the image of the bride and also another made in the image of the groom. The fondant sugar free paste frosting can be molded into any image of your choice and the image is then mounted on the cake. On top of creating a fondant person, the fondant...