I made a cake last weekend for my son's Boy Scout Pinewood Derby, with a model derby car on top. The cake was delicious; but I ate around the MMF, well cause even tho it is nice to look at, IMO it is nasty to eat. I wonder if you guys feel the same way, and is there an alternative? A fondant that is yummy to eat? I saw a reference to white chocolate fondant but couldn't find a recipe...

Me and my family do not like the texture of fondant. I can try a bit of fondant on it's own and like the taste, but I don't like the chewiness of it on a cake.

I made a cake this weekend for my friend's daughter's birthday and used fondant. Everyone ate around it. Some people just don't like it.

I make white chocolate fondat and it is delicious! The receipe that I use is Michelle Foster's Fondant (found on this site). The origional is wonderful as is the chocolate and the white chocolate. Before trying this receipe I didn't like fondant either.

I use Jennifer Dontz's (jennifermi on cc) chocolate fondant recipe on her DVD and it is delicious. It's also very easy to work with. Here's her website if you're interested in her DVDs http://www.jenniferdontz.com/viewproduct.php?itemid=dvd002

i personally think MFF with white chocolate is the *best* tasting fondant EVER! however, with that being said...i *still* will not eat it on a cake. i think its all about the chewy texture, though, mff does seem to *melt* in your mouth more so than others.

I have used Rolled Buttercream and my family liked it but they will not eat fondant.

i love jennifer dontz recipe also.. it is really delicious.. but i also like mff...

"nasty to eat" in what way? My son, at first, tasted fondant, and said he didn't like it. WHen questioned further, he said it TASTED ok, but he just didn't like the texture. That's way different from "tastes nasty".

And it may just be personal taste. Some people find white cake to be "nasty". Some people will eat nothing BUT white cake. Personal preference .... personal taste.

thank you for all of your replies. I did a lot of reading last night (I found another thread on this same topic). Maybe it is a texture thing: a big flap of chewy blecch next to soft, tasty cake. Perhaps I can even get the fondant thinner. I will try the Michele Foster recipes suggested, I ordered JenniferMI's DVD on fondant, and perhaps will try the buttercream fondant, too. (Nanahaley you sound more convincing than the other reviewers below the recipe of the bc fondant). I just want to say thank you one more time to everyone for your input! What a great community this is!

Rolled BC is very tasty; however it is much harder to work with then fondant and is quite greasy.

Jennifer Dontz's DVD is worth it. It taste really good plus I can roll it really thin (usually 1/16"-1/8").

Personally, I like the way fondant tastes, but do not care for the texture. I much prefer the way a good buttercream melts in your mouth. To compensate, I roll it as thin as I can and put it on top of a decent layer of buttercream.