What is the absolute best fondant that money can buy? I've used the Wilton in class...gross. I'm made MMF and RBC...fair. I am making my daughter a 3 tier Sweet 16 cake. I don't care for fondant and neither does she, but she wants it covered in fondant so that I can make some "awesome" designs. I want a fondant that everyone will rave about. What do you suggest?

I personally prefer making Rhonda's MMF, but that is just me. It taste's good, although I have not tried any of the store bought.

I will use fondX.. it taste so good.

the best i've tasted is choco-pan it has a wonderful chocolate flavor, it is softer then regular fondant making it a little harder to work with but soooo worth the effort

Fondx gets my vote for the taste, SatinIce for the workability.

Satin Ice all the way around

Fondx is my first choice, second would be Satin Ice.

Has anyone here tried adding a bit of flavouring to fondant? Maybe a dab of vanilla o something would make it taste better?

I buy the fondant from DecoPac (pre-flavored vanilla), and I have tried Orange, Mint, Banana, Cinnamon and Cherry. All of those met with flying colors in a taste test I did with neighbors and friends.

Edited to add: DecoPac came in a close second to Satin Ice, but the price is so much better, at least for me ($13 for 5lb and only $27 for s&h no matter how many pounds I buy).

Taste vs. Ease with Fondant:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-602441.html

Pettinice vs. MMF:
(Also discusses other brands of fondant.)

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-37507.html

Satin Ice fondant VS. Wilton or MMF:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-522054-.html

Your favorite Type of Fondant and why?

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-23461.html

Homemade Fondant VS Store bought.....

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-41093.html

SatinIce vs. White Chocolate Fondant?

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-51359.html

HTH

well due i just happen to keep half of my fondant from wiltons and yes i did try adding flavor still had the texture of plastic GAG but oh welland still smelled funny they just need a new recipie!! but any way that answers the adding flavor question bye emmascakes lol wiltons is just grose!!!!!!!!!!!!!

poked the pengiun

I buy Pettinice from Pfeil & Holing, very fast and resonable shipping - although I am in MA and they ship from NY, so that helps.

I recommend making MMF and adding your own flavor it it. My kids normally hate fondant - and I've never really cared for it myself... UNTIL I made a batch of MMF and added a little citric acid and tangerine oil to it. It was wonderful!

I picked at it all night. Just kept going back downstairs to take another bite. I haven't used it for a cake or anything, and between my kids and I picking at it, it's almost gone.

Try adding your own flavor, I think you'll be pleased.

Here is a thread to try some free samples from cocoa outlet:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-287163-.html

I got mine in about a week or so after requesting. The white chocolate was my favorite!!

..no idea of the cost though, I never looked at that part

I have only used SatinIce...tastes great....and I LOVE the workability. If you see my cakes...I only use fondant and a lot of it! It covers cakes so beautifully. I buy it by the 20 lb. bucket. I currently have 5 of them in my kitchen! Maybe I should contact them to use me as an ad!

I have to sy, however, that besides MMF (too time consuming for me), the only other fondant I have tried was ((((gag)))) Wilton. The only thing that might improve the flavor of that garbage is a can of gasoline.

I'm a huge Satin Ice fan too. We have a distributor here in Houston so I can run across town and buy it with no shipping costs. I picked up another 80 pounds on Friday. LOL

MMF is okay, but too much work (IMO).

I love Fondx for both workability and taste. I found Satin Ice to have an aftertaste to it and it seemed much sweeter than fondx. I just used some Sweet Inspiration white chocolate raspberry fondant. It is delish but very soft. I had to work some cornstarch into it to stop it from tearing. I think it's a great flavor for a wedding cake but harder to work with.

I love Fondx and Satin Ice. Fondx is cheaper. I wait until I go to the ICES convention and I order my Satin Ice because when you buy it ther the offer free shipping.

Unfortunately in AK I don't have many options to purchase here in town. One place wanted $85 for a 20lb tub of Satin Ice. So I go through this site:

http://www.decopac.com/

You need to fill out the application, just give them your SS# for the Federal ID number. It is $13 for 5lb (that's the only size), but no matter how many tubs I get, the s&h is only $27 for up here, so it is worth it to me.

I LOVE the recipe for Michelle Foster's fondant here on this site. It's the only one I'll use now!

Thanks so much for all the responses. I have a lot of taste tests to conduct this month. I am so excited about this cake. I have to calm down, because I have too many design ideas floating around in my head.

I'll suggest one more- I love the Jello Fondant recipe. I made some minor modifications to the recipe when I made it, and it took me 2 tries to get it right (I didn't let the Jello dissolve completely, so it didn't stick together at the end), but I loved the flavor. I did it in peach and I caught myself and my husband snitching pieces of the fondant for a sweet treat every now and then. I've gone out and bought several more flavors of jello to try next time...

Cakepro I paid $50 for 4 5lbs containers and you can mix the flavors.

FondX and Satin Ice.

golfgirl1227 was that for me?

I just got in my first order from Pfiel and Holding. I ordered 20 lbs and fondx and 5 of the Satin Ice. I had gotten the samples from the Cocoa Outlet, and while I liked the taste of the chocolate fondants (especially the raspberry one) I found that they were harder to work with and thought it'd be hard to cover a cake with them, since it seemed they wanted to crack when I rolled them. They also sent me a sample of fondx, which I liked, taste and workability. So that's what I ordered, but had heard good about satin ice, so got a smaller bucket of it to try. The Fondx is cheaper, and I made animals, a bow, and flower petals with it last night, and was really impressed with it. When I added gumtex, it got hard QUICK! My bow dried in no time. I'm going to cover a tiered cake today and do one tier in fondx and one in satin ice to see if I can see a difference or if I prefer one to the other. I'm so excited to find this, because I have been using nasty wilton forever now. I tried and failed at making a workable MMF. So if this works, I'll be so happy to offer an edible fondant cake!

I love Satin Ice. I ended up eating all my extra pieces that I didn't need for last week's cake.

satin ice