I have a Cricut Cake and I really like it, I just use premade fondant, roll it out and cut. It can be temperamental, but with a bit of patience it works. What's cool about fondant is, that if your cut is messed up, you can wad it up, reroll and try again. You can't do that with paper.
Working with the cricut has been one of the most TRYING things out of everything that I do regarding cake. I have gone through EVERYTHING that you just talked about. I haven't given up completely on gumpaste/fondant, but what we're working with mostly now on the cricut is edible sheets (the ones for edible images) works amazingly! I found freezing a perfectly even flat layer of 100% gum paste to be the least problematic, but it still was challenging! I wish I had an answer for you!!
So great!!! It can definitely be frustrating, but can do fabulous things if you persevere. Thickness,temp of the gumpaste/fondant and depth of the blade all can cause "issues". Good luck!
I bought my cricut cake machine a few months ago, but I've been procrastinating on using it, because it seems so intimidating, although I've made fondant cakes and decorated them manually in the past. Your tutorial is very informative and it has given me motivation to start using it. Thanks!
@KKKlarky We’ve found that a mixture of 50/50 gum paste/fondant or just gum paste alone works best. If you want to use only fondant, try the Wilton brand for best results. Yes, thin works better for cutting, but the shapes are very fragile to work with, which is why we do ours thicker. Cuts in the mat are normal and the machine is actually meant to operate by cutting through the material and into the mat. You should be able to find some cheap replacement mats on ebay or amazon.
It really depends … once you get it figured out, it can be a real time saver for production work. But, most of what the Cricut does, you can do by hand or with cheap fondant molds. I would say that if you’re making a lot of cakes and need a production machine, buy it … but if you only make the occasional cake, you’ll probably not use it enough to justify the cost.
yes and yes. we order our fondant online, but it is available at any cake supply store. we have a video for how to make fondant, on our viewer request list...so hopefully we get to it soon
Yes ours are too...we bought an extra mat as soon as it happened because we thought we had ruined the mat, but it has been fine. We haven't even used the new one!
@Dee0216 Hi! Thanks for watching and for you comment. Sure, I can do a video on that for you! In case you're working with the cricut cake before we get to it, all I do is gently use the flat tool to loosen the cut out from the board, and then let it dry for a couple of minutes, put the gum glue or water on the back, THEN move it onto the cake. The thicker the fondant/gum paste, the less it stretches. Good luck!
Yes, we've done that and it works well. We're currently in a contest...If you have time VOTE for us to win RUclips’s OnTheRise program. Go to our main page and watch the VOTE video for details!
Cutting gum paste and edible image sheets has proven to be most successful on the cricut in my opinion. It is very temperamental though! Just a warning!
Buenas me puedes ayudar me ofrecieron una maquina asi, y m dicen q corta también Cartulina y goma Eva vinil quisiera saber si es verdad, gracias por su ayuda
Hi Jen! I´m thinking to buy one of this babes, but after read all the coments it looks like is a headache to deal with it, what do you think? objectively? It worth it or should I better save the money in my piggy bank? Please tell me, I can´t decide.
Also I was told that if you use the wilton sugar sheets to use a regular cricut sticky mat and leave the backing on the sugar sheet. place it on the regular mat and it won't move. Then cut with the cricut cake and lift off. Since it doesn't touch the mat you don't have to worry about it being food grade. Have you tried this?
My mom is thinking of buying one of these but wants to know if she can design her own images on a computer and upload them to the cricut? I've searched the topic but have gotten mixed answers. Thank you!
Eddie Lira Yes, you can use software to layout/arrange your own designs, and have them print, but I don't know if there is software that lets you make your own designs.
I bought the cricut cake machine a year ago & still haven't used it, guess I just feel a little intimidated by it. Although I tried cutting fondant with my scrapbooking cricut just for fun & it worked too, but a lot of cleaning : ) Do you recommend the fondant sheets or just fondant?
Ok Jen Received my machine & have lots of questions?? Rather than asking here, so little characters allowed, is there a spot on your blog/cake site to send quesions? Said I would pick r brains. Are you using fondant, f/gmpaste mix, 100% gmpaste? Yours looks thick, cricut says roll, thin, thin. I did fiddle a bit yesterday, froze my f/d worked Ok. Is it normal to have "marks" left on r mat after many cuts? Thanks Jen
Hi, I actually own a circuit but when you're working with fondant for cakes is it just the cartage or do they sell circuit machines just for cakes, I want to try this but hoping that I don't have to purchase another machine
You can actually use your own machine to do this. There is no need to buy this one unless you want it just for cakes. All you need is the cake blade to use on your cricut machine
I have been told that the frosting sheets that are used as cookie toppers taste like cardboard. Was wondering what other alternative sheet I could use for my printed images?
I learned with another lady that when you pass a roller on the fondant after putting it on the mat, it will prevent the fondant to move during the cutting because it will help it to stick to mat better.
Alguien sabe si puede usar esta máquina para cortar otros materiales o solo fondan?????? Some one now if i can use this machine for cut other materials o only fondant? ??
This may be a crazy question, but I have one of these machines, but have never used it for cakes. Can this machine be used for cutting paper? Maybe if I had a different blade. I have an original Cricut machine for paper, (it looks just like this one, but it is white) but was thinking maybe I would give this one to my daughter if she could use it for paper.
When I turn on my cricut cake, it stays on the "Cricut v2.31 Copyright" screen -- is there something special I have to hit (a button?) for it to prompt me to "Slide Mat" ?? Also mine makes a loud noise when I turn it on - it does that "whirring noise" like it's starting up and then the little cutter block thing makes a loud noise - is that normal??
I notice that some of the designs are now embossed on my mat...is that normal?? i tried adjusting the pressure but it does the same thing....thanks Enza
Dios los bendiga disculpen yo tengo una nueva solo la abrí para calarla pero mi abuja no corta le compre otra pero me paso lo mismo alguien de aqu me puede decir como vajar mas la abuja xq no llega a cortar esta muy arriba
I have 2 cricut cake and I am sooo frustrated with it. I am not able to get it to cut any images well. I have tried different fondants and gumpaste and I am very disappointed with the results. I you or anyone you know would like to purchase them (one has never been open and other has only been used a few times. I am eager to sell them at a VERY GOOD price.
I ended up selling mine - despite doing it all right I still found it a lot faster to hand cut everything with a blade rather than deal with the thousands of variables with this machine, it was just way to unreliable.
that is so not worth it if you have to sit, and babysit it so it doesn't mess up. also I wish you would of showed that happy birthday when you peeled it off the matte cause it looked like it murdered it, and it was unusable. It didn't look at all like the finished product. Also if you have to spend hours, and hours rolling out the fondant only to have the blade catch, and ruin your design it is in no way worth the hundreds of dollars this thing costs.
Hi, I just win a gorgeous polish that, but for me being a white elephant (in this case red, lol). I do not know how to use the fondant here in Brazil dizeram not serve, and not have anyone who can explain to me, or I'll stop here racking my brain. I also see something that is passed to the base by folder america, what is it? I like your video.
Hello, I wanted to know if anyone tried to emboss on the cake cricut using fondant or Gum Paste? If yes do u have a video I can check out or helpful tips I can use??
is there a better one on the market yet. Looks unstable and very fiddly. AND, if it doesn't accommodate one's own designs - what's the point? Sorry have to ask these things. This machine does not look very happy.
I have a Cricut Cake and I really like it, I just use premade fondant, roll it out and cut. It can be temperamental, but with a bit of patience it works. What's cool about fondant is, that if your cut is messed up, you can wad it up, reroll and try again. You can't do that with paper.
Working with the cricut has been one of the most TRYING things out of everything that I do regarding cake. I have gone through EVERYTHING that you just talked about. I haven't given up completely on gumpaste/fondant, but what we're working with mostly now on the cricut is edible sheets (the ones for edible images) works amazingly!
I found freezing a perfectly even flat layer of 100% gum paste to be the least problematic, but it still was challenging! I wish I had an answer for you!!
So great!!! It can definitely be frustrating, but can do fabulous things if you persevere. Thickness,temp of the gumpaste/fondant and depth of the blade all can cause "issues". Good luck!
I bought my cricut cake machine a few months ago, but I've been procrastinating on using it, because it seems so intimidating, although I've made fondant cakes and decorated them manually in the past. Your tutorial is very informative and it has given me motivation to start using it. Thanks!
@KKKlarky We’ve found that a mixture of 50/50 gum paste/fondant or just gum paste alone works best. If you want to use only fondant, try the Wilton brand for best results. Yes, thin works better for cutting, but the shapes are very fragile to work with, which is why we do ours thicker.
Cuts in the mat are normal and the machine is actually meant to operate by cutting through the material and into the mat. You should be able to find some cheap replacement mats on ebay or amazon.
It really depends … once you get it figured out, it can be a real time saver for production work. But, most of what the Cricut does, you can do by hand or with cheap fondant molds. I would say that if you’re making a lot of cakes and need a production machine, buy it … but if you only make the occasional cake, you’ll probably not use it enough to justify the cost.
yes and yes. we order our fondant online, but it is available at any cake supply store. we have a video for how to make fondant, on our viewer request list...so hopefully we get to it soon
Where can I buy food shorter from
And how thick or thin do you roll your paste
this has been the most HELPFUL tutorial i have seen. thank you
Yes ours are too...we bought an extra mat as soon as it happened because we thought we had ruined the mat, but it has been fine. We haven't even used the new one!
Thanks ... try the new frosting sheets they now have out, they're easier to work with. We'll have a video out on these soon.
@Dee0216 Hi! Thanks for watching and for you comment. Sure, I can do a video on that for you! In case you're working with the cricut cake before we get to it, all I do is gently use the flat tool to loosen the cut out from the board, and then let it dry for a couple of minutes, put the gum glue or water on the back, THEN move it onto the cake. The thicker the fondant/gum paste, the less it stretches. Good luck!
thanks for posting this! I've had my machine for over a year - still in the box! Now I feel like I can do it...
I wonder if you freeze the fondant sheet if that would make it easier to cut and it wouldn’t stick, you’d get a cleaner cut?
Yes, we've done that and it works well. We're currently in a contest...If you have time VOTE for us to win RUclips’s OnTheRise program. Go to our main page and watch the VOTE video for details!
Cutting gum paste and edible image sheets has proven to be most successful on the cricut in my opinion. It is very temperamental though! Just a warning!
@pastryqueen9 we use Satin Ice and Wilton, and they both work well.
Buenas me puedes ayudar me ofrecieron una maquina asi, y m dicen q corta también Cartulina y goma Eva vinil quisiera saber si es verdad, gracias por su ayuda
You are FANTASTIC!!! Thank you for this GREAT tutorial!!!!
Annie Campos You're welcome! Thanks for watching...I'm glad it is helpful for you.
Hi Jen...thanks for the tutorial. What brand of gumpaste do you find works best with the cricut cake?
Does this cut custom vector images? Or only images from cartridges? Thank you in advance.
I totally understand!
Hi Jen! I´m thinking to buy one of this babes, but after read all the coments it looks like is a headache to deal with it, what do you think? objectively? It worth it or should I better save the money in my piggy bank? Please tell me, I can´t decide.
a super thin layer on the needle is somewhat helpful..sometimes...sometimes it doesn't help at all!
Also I was told that if you use the wilton sugar sheets to use a regular cricut sticky mat and leave the backing on the sugar sheet. place it on the regular mat and it won't move. Then cut with the cricut cake and lift off. Since it doesn't touch the mat you don't have to worry about it being food grade. Have you tried this?
this machine was around $300 CDN.
I've heard another alternative if you use a softer fondant is to chill it in the freezer for a short while.
Is the Cricut machine the regular craft one just using a cake cartride and blade or is it a whole other machine?
Barbara Anderson It's a whole other machine...but you can use regular Cricut cartridges in it.
Its a whole other machine and it has alot of its parts covered so food doesnt get trapped inside.
Can you only cut images from a cartridge, or is it possible to cut other images also?
My mom is thinking of buying one of these but wants to know if she can design her own images on a computer and upload them to the cricut?
I've searched the topic but have gotten mixed answers.
Thank you!
Eddie Lira Yes, you can use software to layout/arrange your own designs, and have them print, but I don't know if there is software that lets you make your own designs.
Oh my gosh, I'm seeing now, for the first time. Look how far we've come. That machine is SO loud! 😂
I bought the cricut cake machine a year ago & still haven't used it, guess I just feel a little intimidated by it. Although I tried cutting fondant with my scrapbooking cricut just for fun & it worked too, but a lot of cleaning : ) Do you recommend the fondant sheets or just fondant?
Ok Jen
Received my machine & have lots of questions?? Rather than asking here, so little characters allowed, is there a spot on your blog/cake site to send quesions? Said I would pick r brains. Are you using fondant, f/gmpaste mix, 100% gmpaste? Yours looks thick, cricut says roll, thin, thin. I did fiddle a bit yesterday, froze my f/d worked Ok. Is it normal to have "marks" left on r mat after many cuts?
Thanks Jen
Can you use the Circut Cake for cutting decals for t-shirts?
i was wondering. does it print out edible pictures to put on the cakes?
thank you bought one about 10 yrs ago im bearly gonna use it i was thinking of selling it but i need to practice im nervous but here gos nothing
Would this work better if using frosting sheets instead of rolling out the fondant?
Hi, I actually own a circuit but when you're working with fondant for cakes is it just the cartage or do they sell circuit machines just for cakes, I want to try this but hoping that I don't have to purchase another machine
just for cakes
You can actually use your own machine to do this. There is no need to buy this one unless you want it just for cakes. All you need is the cake blade to use on your cricut machine
I've never heard of it, but it sounds interesting!
Will the circuit cake cut paper and fabric
Is it possible to use a Cricut Cake machine to cut paper as well? or do you need two different machines, one for paper and one for cakes?
Lynn Finger same question
Yes u can use a paper blade
I have been told that the frosting sheets that are used as cookie toppers taste like cardboard. Was wondering what other alternative sheet I could use for my printed images?
Is there anyway to make the fondant stiffer...mine is still so soft
I learned with another lady that when you pass a roller on the fondant after putting it on the mat, it will prevent the fondant to move during the cutting because it will help it to stick to mat better.
Can you download other images or do I need to buy cartridges?
Hi would Mexican paste work better? Thanks
this does cut vinyl correct?
Alguien sabe si puede usar esta máquina para cortar otros materiales o solo fondan?????? Some one now if i can use this machine for cut other materials o only fondant? ??
Can I use it for normal paper also ??
How much time do you have to wait for the gum paste until you star cutting?
I cant get replacement blades for my Cricut cake.Can you use any replacement blades from other machines please?
Would you recommend it?
This may be a crazy question, but I have one of these machines, but have never used it for cakes. Can this machine be used for cutting paper? Maybe if I had a different blade. I have an original Cricut machine for paper, (it looks just like this one, but it is white) but was thinking maybe I would give this one to my daughter if she could use it for paper.
I think if you get the right blade you can. You should try it with a cutting blade
Do u know how to make your own fondant or where i can get some??
You are fantastic!!!! Thank You!!!! Great tutorial!!!
Is this the machine that originally hit the market for cutting paper for scrapbooking?
mrslcakes No. This is the version designed for cake making (edible purposes)
where could you find cricket cake machine?
Sugar Rae Bryant I have one and I never used
2:45 Flip And Cut Flower 8:27
Where can I get one? I tried looking It up but nothing is coming up
When I turn on my cricut cake, it stays on the "Cricut v2.31 Copyright" screen -- is there something special I have to hit (a button?) for it to prompt me to "Slide Mat" ??
Also mine makes a loud noise when I turn it on - it does that "whirring noise" like it's starting up and then the little cutter block thing makes a loud noise - is that normal??
What fondant do we need to use
Hi can u please tell me how can I maltiply a pattern on my cricut cake thanx
where can I buy the cricut cake machine in Australia?
Forgot to mention it's a cute cake and thanks for the tutorial
Is this strictly made with fondant or can ease paper to cut other things with it
wow how accurately, how much it costs this machine, thank you for the tutorial
I notice that some of the designs are now embossed on my mat...is that normal?? i tried adjusting the pressure but it does the same thing....thanks Enza
can you load other designs after you design on software like illustrator or photoshop via bluetooth or usb?
so a regular cricut is not the same as a cricut cake
LaCrayshal Dalton No a cricut cake can do non food items but the other cricuts have to be modified to do food
That's actually not true I was told you can change the blade for a paper cutter and it can do both that what I was told
You have to buy a different blade its black for deeper cuts
Can you reuse cartridges
VOÇE VENDE ESTA MAQUINA ,SE NAO A ONDE EU POSSO COMPRAR ME INDICA POR FAVOR MUITO OBRIGADO
Ola vc ja vendeu? quanto vc quer na maquina?
i love it thanks
do you have a tutorial on how to make this cake?
Only is for cutting not for color Design?
Can I install new cutting models ???
Wish you would have showed how you actually remove this stuff from the mat.
There is no trick...it's not sticky, it's just like paper.
Hi linda how much for your machines?
Dios los bendiga disculpen yo tengo una nueva solo la abrí para calarla pero mi abuja no corta le compre otra pero me paso lo mismo alguien de aqu me puede decir como vajar mas la abuja xq no llega a cortar esta muy arriba
Very impressive thanks.
ola gostaria de compra la ja vendeu ou sabe como faço para comprar
donde venden esoo
Hi, can this machine cut a Barbie logo?
OMG I want one so bad!! Where do you get one? I wonder how expensive they are
Very cute cake..
:) thanks
I have 2 cricut cake and I am sooo frustrated with it. I am not able to get it to cut any images well. I have tried different fondants and gumpaste and I am very disappointed with the results. I you or anyone you know would like to purchase them (one has never been open and other has only been used a few times. I am eager to sell them at a VERY GOOD price.
It works much better with 50/50 mix. And very very thin.
I ended up selling mine - despite doing it all right I still found it a lot faster to hand cut everything with a blade rather than deal with the thousands of variables with this machine, it was just way to unreliable.
Oh okay! It's a stiffer form of gumpaste...maybe similar to flower paste?
No, this is a Cricut Cake.
that is so not worth it if you have to sit, and babysit it so it doesn't mess up. also I wish you would of showed that happy birthday when you peeled it off the matte cause it looked like it murdered it, and it was unusable. It didn't look at all like the finished product. Also if you have to spend hours, and hours rolling out the fondant only to have the blade catch, and ruin your design it is in no way worth the hundreds of dollars this thing costs.
Can you pls share me the machine details i want to start the new business
You are great
Hi, I just win a gorgeous polish that, but for me being a white elephant (in this case red, lol).
I do not know how to use the fondant here in Brazil dizeram not serve, and not have anyone who can explain to me, or I'll stop here racking my brain.
I also see something that is passed to the base by folder america, what is it?
I like your video.
I like it
Yessssirrrrrrrrr
It looks like a lot of hard work. I can't help thinking that you could do a better job with an exacto knife.
@KKKlarky Good luck! And I'll be waiting for your cries for help ;)
Hello,
I wanted to know if anyone tried to emboss on the cake cricut using fondant or Gum Paste? If yes do u have a video I can check out or helpful tips I can use??
is there a better one on the market yet. Looks unstable and very fiddly. AND, if it doesn't accommodate one's own designs - what's the point? Sorry have to ask these things. This machine does not look very happy.
I was thinking the same thing. It doesn't seem to work well
10:39 Funny
I thought this machine was used for stencils. fondant can be cut with cutters by hand. was brought to wrong video, I guess
An der Maschine fehlt ein Niederhalter. Besteht Nachbesserungsbedarf. Werde mich aber weiter einlesen.