anyone with a fondant recipe that tastes good?

I know I can just google a recipe.. but no guarantee that it will taste good. One site said alot of times it will taste bad depending on recipe. I want to attempt to make my dds baptism cake... so need a recipe I know taste good.

Thanks!

Re: anyone with a fondant recipe that tastes good?

This is taken from the Wilton site but I have made it before for a cake and it was awesome. I just used my kitchen aid for the whole thing and just kneaded by hand for a few minutes, and it tastes great!!

The recipe is as follows:

Marshmallow fondant
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 tbsp water
1 1/2- 1 3/4 cup powder sugar

Place marshmallows in a standard 1 cup measuring cup and push down and pack them in. Place in a microwave safe bowl and add the water. Put in the microwave for about 20 seconds. Just long enough for them to soften and puff up. Take out and stir with a spoon until it is combined well. At this point it looks kind of soupy. Then add the sugar and mix and fold until all is incorporated and it is no longer sticky. I take it out of the bowl when it gets to the point where most of the sugar is incorporated and I knead it in my hands. This takes roughly about 5-7 minutes. Take a fondant roller or a regular rolling pin and roll out just as you would Wilton's fondant. You can get this fondant almost paper thin and it also repairs well. It's cheap, easy to work with, and tastes great too.

You can make a large batch of this fondant as well by doing this:

Large batch of Marshmallow fondant
1- 16 oz bag of mini marshmallows
2 tbsps water
2 lbs powdered sugar (8 cups)

Do the same procedure as above.


Stickiness??????
If it is way to sticky to work with then cut back on the amount of liquid that you used by about 1/2 tsp. This will help.
Let it sit out and "air dry" for about 10 minutes.
Use a small amount of Crisco on your work surface and hands. A little goes a very long ways so don't go over board with the Crisco.

Knead the dough with a spoon!!!!! Do not attempt to pick it up and knead it too soon. This dough is hot when comes right out of the microwave!!!!! I say this because I have had people contact me saying they received a burn from it. I can almost knead it fully with a spoon.

Dough that is not in use must stay covered with plastic wrap or it will dry out. Or place it in a Ziploc bag. That works too.

Dried out Marshmallow fondant: place it back into the microwave and nuke it for a few seconds to revive it back to its original state. The bigger the batch the more time on the microwave. Example: small batch 3-5 seconds.......large batch about 10 seconds. Microwaves vary too so keep that in mind.

Coloring: well I have experimented with this several different ways. If I want to make the whole batch of Marshmallow fondant one color then I have added the color, just Wilton paste color, Americolors, or Chefmaster colors.....any will work for this, when I pull the bowl out of the microwave when it looks "soupy". Stirred it up and then added the powdered sugar. Otherwise I have added it after it has come together and kneaded it in by hand. I use plastic gloves too when I do this, because otherwise your hands are never the same!!!!

You can work with this just as you would the regular fondant. Pizza rollers cut this very well.

Re: anyone with a fondant recipe that tastes good?

fondant generally doesn't taste all that great.

Marzipan, on the other hand, is YUM. and just as maleable.

try using that.

I had it on my wedding cake in lieu of fondant or butter creme...what do you think....

Re: anyone with a fondant recipe that tastes good?

Re: anyone with a fondant recipe that tastes good?

Re: anyone with a fondant recipe that tastes good?

i think i may try this fondant cake thing......lol. I too have read that the fondant that you buy at the store isnt very tasty, and the marshmellow recipe is better. I also watched it be made on youtube. Can you buy buttercream or do you have to make that yourself too???