The smooth, almost flawless icing seen on my custom cakes and traditional wedding cakes is fondant. In its basic form, fondant is made of sugar and water. Depending on the type of fondant, it can be rolled and draped over a cake or poured over a cake as a liquid. Fondant gives a cake a smooth, professional appearance, keeps cakes moist longer, and provides a distinctive flavor and texture. In other words, fondant is a THICK chewy form of frosting
There’s 3 types/styles of fondants. Rolled Fondant, Sculpting Fondant and Pourable fondant. It is also edible, but MOST prefer NOT to eat rolled or sculpting fondant.
Rolled Fondant is a similar to a dough where you can roll out, just like sugar cookies. It is popular for coverings cakes and even used for decorating sugar cookies. Rolled fondant is soft, when dried it becomes harder. It does not stay soft like marzipan.
Sculpting Fondant is similar to rolled fondant but a bit stiffer. Its like modeling clay where you can sculpt almost anything for dessert decorations.
Pourable Fondant is a thin glaze icing and leaves a shiny coat. It does dry into a bit of a hard surface. You can use pourable fondant to pour on desserts or dip desserts. It leaves a smooth and shiny surface. Pourable Fondant is popular for petit fours. You can also use it to dip cupcakes as a frosting or dip for mini donuts for simple smooth glazed look.
You can buy pre-made fondant. If you don’t have the time or don’t want to deal with the mess. Its convenient because you can buy them already colored, which also save you some time and you can spend more time on decorating. Buying the premade color is convenient when you’re trying to get those dark colors like black. Its hard to get the black color fondant if you are kneading it yourself.
I use Wilton brand pre-made fondant, its pretty easy to work with and convenient to buy because they sell it at Hobby Lobby or Michael’s, but I’m personally not fond of the taste. Satin Ice is the best tasting,but you would have to go to cake supplies store or buy online to find it. I also tried Duff Goldman's (of Charm City Cake) brand but it is very expensive $20 for 2lbs when you can purchase 5lbs of Wilton's and and Satin Ice for about the same price.
There’s a few other brands of fondant brands that I have not tried: Pettinice, Fondarific and Fond-X. Everyone has different preferences, but the one that works best for me is Wilton's brand.
You can make your own Fondant. There are many different recipes out there you can try. I’ve read very good reviews of marshmellow fondant but have not tried it myself.
Fondants cakes are awesome looking. Clean, very detailed and a smooth finish. The only limit is your imagination with fondant designs!
There’s 3 types/styles of fondants. Rolled Fondant, Sculpting Fondant and Pourable fondant. It is also edible, but MOST prefer NOT to eat rolled or sculpting fondant.
Rolled Fondant is a similar to a dough where you can roll out, just like sugar cookies. It is popular for coverings cakes and even used for decorating sugar cookies. Rolled fondant is soft, when dried it becomes harder. It does not stay soft like marzipan.
Sculpting Fondant is similar to rolled fondant but a bit stiffer. Its like modeling clay where you can sculpt almost anything for dessert decorations.
Pourable Fondant is a thin glaze icing and leaves a shiny coat. It does dry into a bit of a hard surface. You can use pourable fondant to pour on desserts or dip desserts. It leaves a smooth and shiny surface. Pourable Fondant is popular for petit fours. You can also use it to dip cupcakes as a frosting or dip for mini donuts for simple smooth glazed look.
You can buy pre-made fondant. If you don’t have the time or don’t want to deal with the mess. Its convenient because you can buy them already colored, which also save you some time and you can spend more time on decorating. Buying the premade color is convenient when you’re trying to get those dark colors like black. Its hard to get the black color fondant if you are kneading it yourself.
I use Wilton brand pre-made fondant, its pretty easy to work with and convenient to buy because they sell it at Hobby Lobby or Michael’s, but I’m personally not fond of the taste. Satin Ice is the best tasting,but you would have to go to cake supplies store or buy online to find it. I also tried Duff Goldman's (of Charm City Cake) brand but it is very expensive $20 for 2lbs when you can purchase 5lbs of Wilton's and and Satin Ice for about the same price.
There’s a few other brands of fondant brands that I have not tried: Pettinice, Fondarific and Fond-X. Everyone has different preferences, but the one that works best for me is Wilton's brand.
You can make your own Fondant. There are many different recipes out there you can try. I’ve read very good reviews of marshmellow fondant but have not tried it myself.
Fondants cakes are awesome looking. Clean, very detailed and a smooth finish. The only limit is your imagination with fondant designs!
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