fondant

i am making a cake tonight and decided to try making my own fondant. anyone ever do this??? i would love to hear tips and what to do/not to do

i was using a recipe from wilton for marshmallow fondant as it seems to have great reviews. I decided not to buy the premade wilton packages as i keep reading that they taste terrible.

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I used this recipe and it came out really good! Messy to make but worth it in the end.

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Not gonna lie, I'm not a fan of any fondant in general. I don't think most people are. But it's a necessary evil for those clean looks on cakes and sometimes cupcakes.

I will say that marshmallow fondant is WORLDS better than homemade buttercream fondant and you can't even compare it to pre-made fondant. That stuff is nasty.

The recipe I used was similar though it used butter as well. I kinda just winged it the last time and it came out great.

Some tips though: make sure you generously, GENEROUSLY coat your rolling surface, pin, hands, etc. in powdered sugar. That fondant WILL get sticky. Also, keep lifting the fondant from the rolling surface and turning it and sweeping your arm underneath to make sure that the fondant isn't sticking at all. If at any point you find your fondant to be too dry, add a little water. If it's too sticky and unrollable, add powdered sugar. It will seem like a lot of back and forth, but that's the nature of the beast! Lastly, I find marshmallow fondant to be a very elastic-y. When you are rolling it, the fondant seems to get to a certain thickness and then just NOT budge. So I like to make sure my cake is ready to be covered by the time I even begin to make my fondant since you kinda have to be quick with rolling it out. Don't rush, it's not THAT fast, but I did roll it out beautifully and smoothly and it stuck to the counter I was rolling on. Womp womp. So then I had to ball it up and do it again and at that point, I found I couldn't roll it any thinner because it kinda just bounced back... if this makes any sense at all.

But I do like marshmallow fondant as far as working with it. It truly rolls out so smoothly and beautifully without a lot of the breakage that can happen with buttercream fondant. Good luck! If you have any questions, please feel free to FM me!

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thanks ladies!

muffaboo - that looks just like the recipe i plan to use; glad to know it is good

jilliibabii - thanks so much for all the tips! seems like this is going to be an interesting night for me lol I agree that most fondant is gross, but i want the clean look to the cake so i dont really have another choice. I guess i am glad i didnt take the lazy route and by the premade stuff.

I planned on making the fondant tonight and then leaving it out overnight (in plastic wrap and a zip loc) to use tomorrow; i read somewhere that this is helfpul.
is that NOT a good idea?

also...any tips on coloring it?

Message edited 4/11/2012 3:53:26 PM.

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Don't color it too much! Too much color makes homemade fondant really difficult to work with.
Have fun!

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