It had been so long since I had worked with fondant or made a cake. (See my last fondant covered cake here!) My daughter’s Baptism was the perfect opportunity for both! I was wanting to try a homemade fondant recipe because I had heard that it tasted better than boughten. In my opinion, fondant is more for looks than taste. But this looked pretty AND tasted yummy!
Homemade Fondant:
2 jars of marshmallow creme (7 oz size)
1/4 shortening
1 tsp clear vanilla (Or flavor of choice. If you want pure white fondant, however, you’re going to want to use a flavoring that’s clear.)
2 tsp water
2 lb bag confectioners sugar
Mix together. You’ll need a mixer with a dough hook attachment. Fondant is thick. Even my mixer seemed to have a little trouble!
Not only was the fondant yummy, but the consistency was perfect for rolling out and covering my cake. It was just as easy to work with as fondant from the store, but it stayed much more soft and moist.
I decided to keep the fondant white, as white represents the purity within a Baptism. I decorated the top with marshmallows. The little flowers are little marshmallows cut diagonally and dipped in sugar, while the large flower is a large marshmallow cut into fours and dipped in sugar.
(Note: This recipe makes quite a bit of fondant. I covered two 8x3in cakes with it, did the decorations on my May Day cake, and still had some leftover. If you don’t need that much fondant you could half the recipe or save it for another creation. Wrap it in plastic wrap and keep in a cool dry place for up to 2 weeks.)
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