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The word fondant continues to be popping up a lot lately, but what is it? Fondant is recently new to this country, but has been gaining a lot of presence during the last ten years. There are 3 various kinds of fondant, and they aren’t only for professionals! Fondant can be used to make yummy treats in the home and even to purchase already prepared
Satin Ice Rolled Fondant, also known as fondant icing, is used for cakes. It can be rolled out using rolling pin after which it is placed on top of the cake to provide it a smooth finish. Wedding Cakes typically have this type of fondant on top of them, which can then be decorated over or not. Poured fondant features a cream like consistency to use to place into cake, candy, or any sweet treats. The third style of fondant is sculpted fondant, which is formed into a rough consistency so that it can be mended to make patterns, or designs.
Some people say that fondant doesn’t have the perfect taste, but that may be easily fixed by adding a bit of candy oil. Dark or white chocolate might be also added to make a chocolate fondant. Already prepared and ready to use fondant that can be bought also comes in a variety of flavors. Fondant may also subtlety be changed in color, by tinting the normally white fondant. To tint all you must do is add a little bit of paste colors, powdered colors, gel colors and in many cases liquid food coloring
Here is a simple, but very tasty recipe to get you started. Peanut butter fondant balls are purely scrumptious. All you will need is one package of white frosting mix, a half cup of butter, a half cup of peanut butter, and coconut. First you have to mix the frosting, butter, and work into a ball. Next, you should knead for 20 to 30 times on top of confectionary sugar after which shape into balls and roll in coconut
To produce rolled fondant, all you will need is one cup of powdered sugar, one tbsp of butter, and one tbsp. of milk or water. First, mix all ingredients’ together until these are very tight. Then use a rolling pin and roll the fondant out on wax paper until it is about 1 / 4 of an inch thick. After you are pleased with what you rolled out, you are able to place it on top of your cake and decorate! To insure quality and consistency, many bakers are buying the ready to use rolled fondant from stores that sell cake decorating supplies.
For more details about fondant plus the varieties that are available, please visit our cake decorating supply and candy online store. We discuss most of the new trends and will be happy to help you with all your cake making and candy decorating! Thank You, Hilly Kate.
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Posted in Baking · March 5th, 2010 · Comments (0)
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