Hi,

I see some duff fondants at micheals store... I was wondering if they r good or have a bad taste? Which fondants do you recommend?


Thanks

I have never used Duff's fondant, but there are many threads discussing this issue in the forum section. If you look there I"m sure you will get the answer that your looking for. good luck.

i've never tried Duff's fondant, BUT i LOVE Satin Ice. It taste good and feels real smooth. I started off buying Wilton and it doesn't have a great tast "kind of like cardboard" then I tried FondX and its too sticky for me, (i have real hot hands and i would have to use alot of shortening or powder sugar) then someone on here recommended Satin Ice and I've never looked back! HTH

SANDY

I have used Duff's fondant before. I have the red fondant that is supposed to taste like buttercream. It is better tasting than Wilton, but nowhere near as good as Satin Ice or Fondarific. Duff's is good if you can't find anything else. Hope that helps! Good luck!

Can you find that in any store or you have to buy it thru online?

Duff's brand is Fondarific...so it is the best tasting store bought fondant available. With a Michael's coupon...it is also a bit cheaper to go with Duff's rather than Fondarific. It is one and the same.

I've used Duff's chocolate fondant - mainly because I hate doing brown and it also works as a base for making black. It tastes and smells really good. My only complaint is that it gets really soft. I've only used it for details, never to cover a cake. Also, if you mix it with gumpaste to make any details you have to give it a LONG time to dry (I'm talking one or two days).

Really??!! I have to look on the container. I wasn't aware that Duff's was Fondarific! I have Fondarific that isn't Duff's, so I thought they were two separate brands. I only buy "flavors" in Satin Ice and Fondarific, so obviously not paying attention! LOL!

PinkLady, I started making my own Buttercream recently (about 2 months ago) But I was buying different brands looking for the right one and never found one until my mom gave me her recipe and thats the one I'm using because it crust real good and it comes out real smooth, its like velvety, smooth and not to sweet (don't ask how its not too sweet cause it uses about 1lb of powder sugar...? )

Wilton was the one I stuck with most because how smooth I was able to get it, but I bought some from CK Products. There's alot of GREAT recipes here in CC for buttercream if you don't want to buy it. OH, if you decide to buy btrcrm keep the buckets to store your fillings and any btrcrm that you do make from scratch.... I have tons of buckets, and now I'm loving it cause they seal airtight and i know exactly that that is the only thing thats in there... HTH

SANDY

I have Duff's black & hot pink. They are very tasty and easy to work with. I would recommend them.

I have found that Duff's/Fondarific is great for covering cakes. I wonder if the reason why we like different purchased fondants is due to humidity, temp in kitchen, temp of hands, and personal technique. There seems to be no consensus except for the superstar recipes made from scratch. My house is cold, about 68 degrees, and I don't have the softness problem with Duff/Fondarific. The scratch recipes may work for so many because they are adjusted in the process.

don't get sucked in to the blue being blue, it's more a teal-ish turquoise color... nothing like the color on the bucket, it's pretty... but not true blue.

I personally like Duffs fondant ALOT. It's easy to get and with the 40 or 50 percent off coupon it's pretty cheap. I don't like it as much for covering cakes as I do for constructing details. Lately I've been using it for all my animals, people, and anything else As for the taste I was pleasantly surprised-it's a lightly sweet BC flavor. I'd tried Wilton in the past and thought it was funky (though I've heard its gotten better). I've also made MMF and never thought it had much of a flavor.