How to Prepare & Cover a Cake with Icing / Fondant

Hi and welcome back to my kitchen. For me one of the most important things when it comes to making cakes is making sure you have a well covered cake as a base to add your design. Now I usually refer to it as icing, but icing is exactly the same as fondant or sugarpaste, and in this video tutorial I show you how to prepare your cake, and cover it to get smooth sides and that sharp edge along the top.

I really hope you enjoy the tutorial. Thank you so much for watching and don't forget to subscribe for more cake decorating tutorials!

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[memee]

This is by far my favorite of all the channels for cake decorating. You do such a wonderful job with editing. You speed up the parts that don't need to be seen in "real-time" while very clearing explaining the techniques. The instructions are easy to follow with great explanations for the “why” of what you do. You show all tools and give their names, which is so helpful! Thank you so much for all the obvious effort that you have put into making a beautiful channel for learning about this fun art. It is very appreciated!

[ruthlef]

I've seen this hundreds of times (by all different YouTubers) and it never hurts to watch another person's methods and explanation. Yours was so easy to follow. Thanks!!

[ofiliatuto]

Hi Lynz! I am just a hobby baker here. And starting to learn about fondant recently. And been doing fondant cake 3 times but never make sharp edges. Wow! This tutorial is so helpful for me as a beginner! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise to us beginners! It's so amazing! Keep up thr good work! God bless your generous heart!❤

[ToriliciousTX]

This was by far the best tutorial I have ever seen on how to get those sharp edges!

[carolyncrowley]

This has got to be one of the best YouTube cake making tutorials I’ve watched - so clear and helpful! Mine didn’t turn out anywhere near as good as the one being demonstrated, and despite taking on board what you said about pressing down the top edges quickly so the weight of the icing didn’t make it rip, I still did end up with cracks around the top edge, but thankfully not rips like I usually have… and I was able to work them out and get the (fairly) sharp edges using your techniques… definitely the best cake I’ve made so far, so I’ll be practicing and watching more of your videos. Thank you!

[rosied]

Thank you - couldn’t find an explanation of the steps before fondant and fancy decorations so this is soooo helpful. Thank you!! X

[jeffreyb]

I've never, ever, seen this done by anybody! It's . . . intimidating! First of all, she cuts the tops off the cakes in perfect symmetry, freehand! MY wife couldn't make dry *toast*. This is too much.

[jennifercatena]

This is brilliant! I wasn't using 2 smoothers for my fondant & this will help me immensely! Thank you.

[yogeetabaryan]

I could watch your videos the whole day, very addictive!

[adamchurvis]

Really great point about using an upward motion on the sides rather than the typically-touted downward or random smoothing, so that the crisp edge at the top is preserved. Thanks for a great video. I learned something quite valuable today.

[williamdaniels]

Wow! Great tutorial and really impressive result. Thanks for a great tutorial. I'm sure that I willwatch it many times until I get it right. By the way, love the simple, elegant cake.

[CakesABake]

Your technique is flawless. Thank you for your video it’s perfect

[gracechristinash]

Thank you so much I do understand know. I'm a beginner and a newbie baker. Its help me a lot make my cake more pretty. Thank you

[goodjobdearcmr]

You were so explicit and straight to the point.i guess it will help me on my new journey. 👌👌

[moodymichaelsdollartreehau]

I am going to be using Fondant for the first time to decorate My Sister's Birthday Cake. I find your method the Best of the Best. Very easy instructions to follow and understand... I just subscribed to your channel.

[ZAPMommy]

Great tutorial! I’ve been working primarily with buttercream and have gotten better with the smooth finish. Wanting to try fondant and your tutorial was very clear and gave lots of details that this newbie appreciates!

[julieCY]

Thank you so much, you are so easy to watch and make it so easy to understand x

[candyk]

This is what I really needed at such a time when am going to work with fondant....thank you Lynz

[myeshaw]

Wow thank u so much ! I’m 13 and new ish to baking, and this helped me so much ! Thanks 😊 ☺️

[suewise]

Great video. I was looking for a refresher as I hadn't worked with Fondant icing for a couple of years. Great detail. Thank you Lynz