These cakes are so beautiful....I want to make one similar...Are they made with fondant? Are they edible?!
These cakes are so beautiful....I want to make one similar...Are they made with fondant? Are they edible?
http://fayeandgreer.blogspot.com/2007/06...
I heard fondant tastes bad but I know nothing about it....Thanks!
Answers:
That would be foundant
Here is some info. and if you click the link there are recipes.
Fondant is a thick, creamy white sugar mass used in different forms for decorating cakes and cookies with; it can be rolled and draped over a cake, poured as a glaze or sculpted with. Fondant is also the basis of many candies -- it is the center of a piece of a chocolate buttercream candy or pecan logs. It can also be used as a thick creamy, sugary filling that gushes out of a chocolate-covered cherry when bitten into. Fondant originates from the word "fondre" which means to melt named so because it melts in your mouth when eaten.
Fondant is fairly new to this country and have been gaining in popularity over the last ten years or so. Rolled Fondant has been prominent in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand for decades. This influence is spreading here as availability of prepared Fondant increases, but it can also be homemade. Today, ready-made Fondant is available in the sugarpaste variety (pure white), dark chocolate or a white chocolate. There are some flavorful Fondant recipes available, such as White Chocolate Fondant (Candy Clay) or Vanilla, Chocolate, Orange or Marshmallow.
Fondant is versatile - it tints very easily in a myriad of colors. Rolled Fondant yields pastel to deep colors while poured yields pastel ones. (How to Tint). You can flavor Fondant with small amounts of candy oil or sometimes dark or white chocolate is added to make a chocolate Fondant. Ready to use comes in already flavored, such as caramel, coffee, chocolate, peach, strawberry, etc.