Crafty bakers -- fondant

Re: Crafty bakers -- fondant

• MarisaKathleen member

  June 2014

  I hate fondant, but have heard that making it yourself is a little more forgiving because you can control the texture.  A friend of mine is a professional baker and uses a mix of both, depending on the amount of colors she uses.

  
  

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• McKee09 member

  July 2014

  I have mixed feelings about it. It tastes better IMO than regular fondant. But I don't feel like it's as easy to work with. It might be the recipe I used but it was extremely sticky and didn't roll out as well.

   

  

   

  

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• damabo80 member

  July 2014 edited July 2014

  I couldn't bring myself to use store bought fondant to cover a cake with. I use it for accent decorating (mixed with gumpaste). Here's a marshmallow fondant cake I made. It was easy enough to make.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• melody921 member

  July 2014

  damabo80 said:

  I couldn't bring myself to use store bought fondant to cover a cake with. I use it for accent decorating (mixed with gumpaste). Here's a marshmallow fondant cake I made. It was easy enough to make.

  
  

  
  

  Gumpaste is another thing: how is that to work with? Your cake looks great!

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

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• Holly_1007 member

  July 2014

  damabo80 said:

  I couldn't bring myself to use store bought fondant to cover a cake with. I use it for accent decorating (mixed with gumpaste). Here's a marshmallow fondant cake I made. It was easy enough to make.

  
  

  
  

  
  someday I want to be able to make beautiful cakes like that!

                         
                        
  
  

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• damabo80 member

  July 2014

  Thanks! I took a three month long cake decorating course at Michaels. It was lots of fun and I learned lots.
  
  Gumpaste (like fondant) just has to be kept moist. So you need to keep a damp towel over it while you're working with it. That's the hardest part: not letting it dry out. Other than that, It's like playing with playdough. Fondant is tough because you have to roll/drape over the cake. The draping part is hard. Even when I think I'm doing it perfectly, I still find a small crack.  

  
  

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• plus12012 member

  July 2014

  McKee09 said:

  I have mixed feelings about it. It tastes better IMO than regular fondant. But I don't feel like it's as easy to work with. It might be the recipe I used but it was extremely sticky and didn't roll out as well.

  This is my opinion as well. Slightly stickier but tastes much better.
  

  

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• ShadowsRainFalls member

  July 2014

  damabo80 said:

  I couldn't bring myself to use store bought fondant to cover a cake with. I use it for accent decorating (mixed with gumpaste). Here's a marshmallow fondant cake I made. It was easy enough to make.

  
  

  
  

  Uhhmm this is amazing.

  
  

  I have never used any fondant....no input. 

  
  

  

  

   

    

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