Fun with Fondant (pics)

17 years ago

My SIL is quite the cake decorater and she was down in TN this weekend at my niece's so we decided to get together so she could show us how to make homemade fondant and some other tricks. It was so much fun and she made it all seem so easy!

Marshmallow fondant is made by melting marshmallows in a double boiler then adding in water and vanilla.

Melted, then on to the Kitchenaid where we mixed in the powdered sugar.

My SIL kneading the fondant, then me frosting the cake with buttercream.

Rolling out the fondant, then covering the cake and getting it smooth.

Next, we kneaded in some gel food coloring to make the fondant pink and this powder which helps the fondant set up faster and we each made a ribbon and an animal-the elephant is mine. Of course we had to put everything we made on the cake including a pink and white border.

I'm so glad I did this-making the fondant was not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be and I think I'll be able to make some pretty cool stuff with it :)

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tami_ohio
17 years ago
Nice job!
Marigene
17 years ago
Cute cake, Tracey.
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coconut_nj
17 years ago
Tracey, how fun! Ya'll did a great job! Your figures are adorable. Love that elephant. The cake turned out great and you learned a new fun skill. Way to go. Fondant really is fun... and a bit addictive.
lorijean44
17 years ago
Tracey, that looks great! I'm so intrigued with fondant - I really want to take a shot at working with it, too. Did you have to knead the homemade fondant much before it was ready to use?

Love the pictures... and the elephant!

Lori
antiquesilver
17 years ago
This gives me courage to try it again. Before, I bought pre-made fondant - & it smelled so much like rancid Crisco that I threw everything away before I finished icing the cake.

How much water did you add to the marshmallows?
sooz
17 years ago
How cute! I love the little "feet" on the bear where you can see the toes, and the stitching on the elephant! Great pics of the process, too! Thanks for sharing your talents!
:O)
Sooz
shellm
17 years ago
Wow...that looks great.Love the elephants.Nice job.

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lyndaluu2
17 years ago
That's a lot of work....
What a lovely cake, love the elephants too!!

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loves2cook4six
17 years ago
Adorable!!

I really need to try fondant again. I really dislike how the commercial stuff tastes but yours sounds delish
Tracey_OH
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks everyone! I'll try to give more detailed instructions here but I'm pretty sure the marshmallow fondant recipe came from cakecentral.com.

We used the kitchenaid mixer bowl for a double boiler. We melted a 1 lb bag of mini-marshmallows, a dash of popcorn salt, 1-2 t clear vanilla, and about 2 T shortening. After this was completely melted and smooth, but moved the bowl onto the kitchenaid and started mixing in powdered sugar with the dough hook. We had a 2 lb bag but did not use the entire bag. After the powdered sugar was just incorporated, we greased our hands with crisco and started kneading it. The kneading was more like making taffy than kneading bread dough-it was a twist and pull kneading. It didn't take too long-you want a smooth texture and to get rid of any tackiness. You can knead in more powdered sugar to get it to the right consistency. My SIL said that if you only use these ingredients-no subbing butter for the shortening, then the fondant is shelf-stable and will last till the next time you need it. Just keep it in an airtight container and heat it up a bit in the micro when you are ready to use it again.

Lori, if I can do this you defintely can. I say go for it!

And it is definitely much better tasting than the commercial stuff.

Tracey
lindac
17 years ago
Why the butter cream on the cake before the fondant?
Could you melt that fondant and use it to pour over petite fours?
shaun
17 years ago
I just love picture tutorials! You really do make it sound so easy!! Your cake came out adorable but how did you know how to make an elephant??? hahahahah!!! He's perfect! The stitching is even amazing. Is that a brown nose on little bear? It looks like a different color than the pink.

I just love what you did!
Tracey_OH
Original Author
17 years ago
Linda, as it was explained to me, fondant is more for decoration and the buttercream is for eating. Fondant doesn't have much flavor, so the frosting is really necessary. I usually don't even eat the fondant.

Thanks Shaun! Believe me, if I can do this, you can! My sister in law found a blog with instructions on making the animals. The blog has some free tutorials and some you have to pay for. Scroll down to the bottom right where it says Aine2 videos. My SIL watched the sheep vid and played around with making one. She also did a penguin from the site. She's WAY more talented than me :) The "stitching" on the teddy bear is from a wilton tool-like a pastry wheel but a tool for fondant. The feet of the bear are from a drinking straw and a small icing tip.

Here's some of the stuff she made yesterday and the day before just playing around.

Here is a link that might be useful: extra icing blog
lindac
17 years ago
Oh my!!! sugar Sculpy!!
Terri_PacNW
17 years ago
That lamb is sooo adorable!

Those are great pics and the finished cake is very well done!
mitchdesj
17 years ago
The pink cake is so cute and the tutorial is great !!

Your SIL must watch Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss, they do amazing things with fondant also, I'm quite fascinated with cake decorating.
Tracey_OH
Original Author
17 years ago
Linda, I realized I never answered your question about pouring the fondant. I don't think it would work because it never gets really thin enough to pour.

I'm going to brag on my SIL a little. She really is amazing especially considering the only training she had was a wilton cake decorating class she took with her mom years ago. Here are some of her cakes. And yes, she does watch Ace of Cakes!

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shaun
17 years ago
That little lamb!!!!!! I love him!!!

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