Hi, I'm new to cake decorating and to the forum so please forgive me if this is posted elsewhere.

I have taken the Wilton basic course so far and plan to take more, but won't have time before my wedding. I plan on making the cake myself (3 tiers). I want to use a marshmallow fondant because my fiance prefers that taste to others, but each time I try a new recipe the fondant is only usable right after I make it. If I wait for a day or two to use it I can't keep it from falling apart when I try to lift it to put it on the cake after I've rolled it out.

Does anyone know if I'm using a bad recipe or if there are any fondant tricks to help me out? My wedding is in 2 weeks and if all else fails there's always butter cream.

Here is the recipe I used last. I picked it up from allrecipes.com

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Marshmallow-Fondant/Detail.aspx


Thank you in advance for any help.

Here's the recipe I use all the time
16 oz marshmallows
2 TBS water
2lbs powdered sugar

You can make this in your mixer (if you have one) or by hand. I just made mine in the mixer for the first time and it was great.

Grease the bowl with shortening, pour in half of the powdered sugar and make a well iin the middle. In separate bowl, microwave marshmallows and water in 30 sec. intervals til melted. Dump them into the well in mixer and top with the rest of the powdered sugar. Mix on low til incorporated and then turn it up a bit. Use your dough hook for this. You can add flavors to it as well! HTH

I use a MM fondant...
I don't put butter in mine (as this recipe does)
Just one 16 oz package of mini marshmallows, a couple TBS's of water ..melt that down over low heat..then slowly add in a 2 lb bag of powdered sugar. HTH!

I use this recipe: www.whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm

And I do it on a double boiler not the microwave!!

How experianced are u with fondant? Part of the expeience is knowing when fondant is 'right' and if it's not, what's missing. Seems like by trying to find the perfect for you, workable recipe this close to the date is going to add to ur stress.
If ur partner prefers the taste, get him to spend the time experimenting! I'd just buy it - then you have a consistant, reliable product and less mess, and more time for decorating.

What look is ur cake? Again it depends on ur experience level, but bc is not easy to get the perfect finish with either.

If you still want to make your own look up mmf and mff in the recipe section here.
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Here is the one i use and how i learned

Sounds nice!
If you still want to make it, then I suggest looking for a chocolate fondant so u need to add less colouring. U need a lot of colour to turn White fondant black, it will become much softer, trickier to work with (and u can have issues with the colour staining peoples mouths!)
But even most expert fondant makers prefer to buy dark colours like that.
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Thanks, I'll try the chocolate fondant idea. If that doesn't work out I'll buy some. I've heard bad things about the taste of Wilton's. I think my local store also carries a brand called Duff.

The taste of wiltons has improved recently - the main feature of it is that's it's workability is reliable an consistant.
Duffs is good but it's workability is different as it's a chocolate fondant - there's a few posts with hints and tips on how to use it.
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