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Old 12-01-2007, 05:33 PM
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I use fondant almost exclusively and I live in Miami...can't really get more humid that that.

If you roll your fondant with or on Cornstarch, the cornstarch will act as a drying agent, I find that my fondant will show too many cracks when I used cornstarch.

I make a sachet of powdered sugar to lightly dust my work surface and as long as I keep the fondant moving and don't roll all the way to the edges my fondant lifts nicely.

I have had the fondant get sweaty when I cover a frozen cake, but I sit them on a table and let a occilating fat hit them for a bit, by the time I'm ready to pack my cakes they are fine...

Unless I've sprayed them with Disco dust to make them sparkly.
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