How Do You Use Fondant?
Fondant consists of a mixture of sugar, gum paste and other edible ingredients to create a heavy cake covering or molded decorations. Recipes for fondant abound on the Internet for crafting your own, but prepared fondant can be found at craft and baking supply stores. Begin thinking of fondant as edible modeling clay for a cake, and thinking of ways to use it becomes easier.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Cake
- Buttercream icing
- Spatula
- Fondant
- Flour or powdered sugar
- Rolling pin
- Cake board
- Knife
- Cookie cutters
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Prepare the cake with a crumb layer of icing by spreading buttercream icing over the top and sides of the cake to create a thin layer of icing. Smooth the icing with a spatula.
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Lightly dust a flat surface with flour or powdered sugar and place a block of room-temperature fondant on the flour.
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Roll out the fondant with a rolling pin to a circle with a thickness of 1/8- to 1/16-inch thick.
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Slide a cake board under the fondant circle.
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Hold the cake board centered over the cake, and flip the circle of fondant over the cake to deposit the fondant onto the iced cake.
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Gently press the fondant to the sides of the cake, and trim off the excess fondant around the base of the cake with a knife.
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Re-roll the trimmings of fondant to 1/8-inch thick and press cookie cutters into the flattened fondant to make shapes for putting on top of the cake.
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Serve cake as soon as possible and do not refrigerate after covering with fondant.
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