Stop reading this review & buy it.......

I wouldn't want to work with fondant without it! Love this product! Best tool I have!

would recoment to all my friends

I have had the Mat for 9 months and wouldnt use anything else..I recommend it all the time. I am back today to pre-order the new pro. If you are not using this you are wasting your time and time is money. If you are hesitating to order-Don't. It will be one of your most favorite tools in decorating.

Makes it so much easier to make a beautyfull cake without all the struggeling :O)

I love THE MAT as well but I have one problem....
I've used the mat 3-4 times. I seasoned it the first time as on the video. Yet my home-made fondant sticks each time. (Its pliable but not sticky and I am using the recipe with glycerin and gelatin). I seasoned it again after washing it from the sticking fondant, yet it still sticks. Any suggestions?

Sweet Wise Response
Could be a couple things causing a tough time for you. First… different recipes all have unique characteristics depending on the ingredients. We have found that all fondants work well on THE MAT but some recipes require a little tweaking. If your fondant is sticking to THE MAT, just knead in a little extra confectioners’ sugar. I believe some recipes anticipate people rolling out fondant the old fashioned way by dusting their countertop which is really just the same as kneading in additional dry ingredients.

If your fondant stuck to THE MAT such that you had to wash and re-season, you really need to make sure you let THE MAT completely air dry before re-seasoning. If there is any moisture on THE MAT regardless of how much confectioners you knead, the fondant will stick. About re-seasoning… The seasoning process is only to keep THE MAT from sticking to itself so you’ll be the best judge on whether or not to re-season.

Before you start to roll out your fondant, take a small piece and roll it out to about the size of your palm and check to see if it peels off easily. If not you’ll need to add additional confectioners’ sugar.

Another factor that could contribute to fondant sticking to THE MAT, is if you’re using a lot of color, especially gel paste or water/alcohol based colors. Check out our Coloring Fondant video on our channel at www.youtube.com/sweetwiseinc , in the video we suggest using powdered food color in conjunction w/ gel paste and letting colored fondant rest after kneading in color. Also, take a look at the Care and Cleaning video

I love this product but I should emphasize that watching the video is more important than many realize especially how to release the fondant. I have never had another problem since. I will probably purchase another with the new guides. Thank you Sweetwise!!!

It was great at first and the mat developed "stretch marks" I can't use it now, only able to use it for a few cakes so it was a totlal waste of money. It had never been folded. I was really surprised that Sweet Wise did not stand behind the product more.

Sweet Wise Response - Sweet Wise absolutely does stand behind this product. We mostly receive thank you letters for providing such a great product. However, for the few complaints we do receive, we are always responsive and we always try to do what is right for our customers.

We have heard this complaint from 4 or 5 users out of tens of thousands of units sold. We were not able replicate this problem on our own and after an extensive interview of the first couple users to report this problem, we were not able to identify any isolated or contributing factors.

THE MATs used in our classroom receive hundreds of uses by people of all shapes and sizes from petite 10 year old girls to 200 lb grown men and we have never seen this problem in our classroom

Just to be safe through, over a year ago, we increased the thickness of the material about 10% and we increased the stiffness a little more than 10%.

We are confident you'll love using THE MAT. Check out all the great testimonials about THE MAT and about customer service at Sweet Wise. We are grateful for all our customers who shop at Sweet Wise.

Warmest Regards,

Sweet Wise

Can I just say HOW GREAT "THE MAT" is!!! I just used it and I Love It.........probably as much as everyone else does!!! I had been thinking that someone should invent a way to help with the application of fondant. Didn't realize that your product was already out there. So glad I found it and YOUR Video is also perfect and correct! I had to try and see if I could hold up the mat with the fondant on it too!! It worked just as in your video. It makes me think...."Why didn't I think of that"!! lol I've covered cakes in fondant but started to shy away from it and would just use pieces on buttercream. BUT now "The Mat" has given me the confidence I needed and EXCELLENT results! I am very excited just knowing I can use fondant anytime I want and don't have to fret over it! Love the way and how easily it worked! So very, very happy :)
Thanks again and Happy Valentine's Day!
Diane

I could not use fondant if not for the mat!