It’s been a long time since I used tappits, but I remember in general that you can clean powdered sugar off of dark fondant with a small paint brush dipped in vodka.

Hi Ann Marie! I used ganache and then fondant over top. I would skip the ganache and just do SMBC or just do ganache. You can get a very smooth surface on the SMBC if you chill it until it’s firm then go over it with a hot offset spatula or bench scraper (run the spatula under hot water and dry it off).

HI Olivia,
I am so very intrigued as I have read more of your blog. I believe that you used the white ganache to cover your ewe cake, then covered that in SMBC?
My girlfriend does not want fondant at all for the cake. As mentioned above I was going with SMBC and add the accents onto that. I love the idea of ganache first then the icing. Is this how your ewe cake was so perfectly clean?

Hi Ann Marie! Gumpaste is totally edible, it just dries harder than fondant. Either would work just fine though :).

I am very intrigued. I see a lot of learning and practicing this fall and winter