Questions tagged [fondant]
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How to remove glossiness applied to fondant?
I’ve applied a mixture of corn syrup/vodka to my fondant figurines to make them glossy. But they don’t look good. How can I remove the glossiness?
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Fondant cover cake sagging
I bought a 6 inch cake with butter cream icing from a store. I remove the fruits and smoothed out the icing. I colored my Wilton fondant with blue gel color and roll it and cover the cake. It started ...
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Poured fondant that stays liquid
I need help regarding poured fondant - to be precise, I would like to have it more on the liquid side.
I plan to use it as a chocolate bar filling, that is why I am asking :)
The recipe I use in ...
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The function of glycerine in fondant
What is the function of glyceine in fondant?
Is there a specific grade of glycerine used for fondant? I ask this because the one I buy in the bakery store looks no different than the one I see ...
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Why did my fondant tear? [closed]
I am having issues with my fondant tearing and cracking. I experimented a lot but didn't get the satisfactory results? What could be going wrong?
Some possibilities I thought of:
Am I using too much ...
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What's the difference between confit and fondant potato?
So they both seem to always require relatively long cooking in some kind of liquid containing fat. The only difference I seem to be able to find is the shaping of the potato and colouring of it by ...
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Mixing Fondant Icing to make Pink
I have some White and Red Fondant icing left over from a cake I made recently, I have another cake to make for my mother in-law, and need Pink icing.
If I mix the white and red together, will I get ...
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Detailed information about a 1st tooth cake design
In the following image which is a 1st tooth cake, are the crowns and the tooth made of fondant? Where can I learn about such designs online?
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Butter cream icing substitutions for covering the cake with fondant
Is it Okay to have whipped cream icing before covering the cake with fondant? I don't have enough time to make butter cream so I would know other alternatives that could be used in this case. I have ...
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Chocolate fondant vs. liquid chocolate cake
What is the difference between chocolate fondant and liquid chocolate cake? They are quite similar and visually indistinguishable.
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Does using dark corn syrup instead of light affect the white color I usually get making fondant?
The recipe calls for light corn syrup but I couldn't find light corn syrup and would like to use dark instead. Does it affect the color I get at the end (before adding icing colors)?
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How to make a cover for a molten cake?
I recently visited a restaurant called Zuma, and they had this unbelievable chocolate molten cake.
As you can see they have a cover on top, like a sheet of chocolate. How would one make this? I am ...
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How to travel with a cake overseas?
I am planning to make a white or dark chocolate mudcake and take it from Australia to India in a month's time. I also need to ganache and fondant the cake either before or after the flight. So, I need ...
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How to save hardened fondant?
I make cakes with fondant decorations and figurines. To harden the fondant for these figurines, I add tylose or CMC powder. Sometimes, I just color the white fondant to get the desired color without ...
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What is on top of this and how do you make it?
Chocolate fondant picture on yelp. As you can see this is a picture of a chocolate fondant. However what is on top of it? I have seen this many times.
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Best way to stabilize wedding cake tiers
I am baking a 3 tier wedding cake for August. It will consist of 2 white layers and 1 chocolate layer in the middle. I am covering these layers with white fondant. Should I rather stabilize these ...
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Fondant recipe with egg white. Are there health risks?
I use this fondant recipe to make Peppermint creams.
The mixture uses one egg white to make 35 candies. The candies are left in the fridge for 24 hours to set.
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Ganache by pouring before fondanting a cake
in a few days, I will be trying to create a buttock shaped cake (back and buttocks). I want the fondant to look very smooth and want to ganache the cake to have a smooth effect. I will be using dark ...
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How to prevent fondant from crumbling?
I am making fondant based on this recipe and it keeps on cracking when I try to lift it. Any suggestions on fixing this? Someone told me to add Glycerin. Will this work?
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Can Wilton cake fondant be kept in freezer?
My mom put a package of Wilton cake fondant in the freezer by mistake. Will it still usable once thawed and, would you thaw it now or just before its intended use?
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Edible supports for a fondant palm tree
I am working on a zoo themed cake for a 2 year old. I have made all the animals and added a piece of spaghetti through the body and attached the head on it to keep everything edible on the cake as its ...
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Can fondant be frozen before covering the cake?
I am making a shoe box cake for a birthday and am freaking out a bit about the sharp edges on the cake. So, I was thinking about cutting out fondant to exact sizes for the sides of the shoebox and ...
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