Does anyone make their own fondant? Not MMF. There's a bakery in SW Florida that makes their own and it's excellent! (We had it on vacation) I'm wondering if it's hard to do and if anyone has a good recipe?

We do our own fondant since here in Venezuela fondat is not for sale.
We do the Cake Blibe recipe x8! each week. I'll be in Miami next month. Where did you had that god cake?.I'd love to go

[quote="paolacaracas"]We do our own fondant since here in Venezuela fondat is not for sale.
We do the Cake Blibe recipe x8! each week.

Could you post it, please?
TIA

paola, it was on the other side of Florida, sorry!

[quote="Omicake"]

Is it legal to post something from a book?

I don't know for sure, but I've seen lots of recipes from books posted here. Anyway you could pm it , if you wish.Thanks.

I'd like the recipe too! could one of you message it to me please?

ooh I'd like it too in the mean time here is a recipe I found online....still haven't tried it myself (I plan to at the end of Feb. for a cake) says it's Collette Peters' fondant recipe......not sure how TRUE that is!! However it seems simple enough to make


http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Rolled%20fondant

I do both make my own and use a commerical one. For family and close friends IU make my own a recipe from where I learnt and then pettinice for any others. I would be interested in the Cake Bible recipe as well.

Here it is girls, if I go to jail for posting a copyright recipe please come bail me out

Gelatin 1 table spoon
Water ¼ cup
Glucose ½ cup
Glycerin 1 Tbs
Crisco 2 tbs
Powdered sugar 2 pounds
Paola

Thanks so much, paolacaracas.No directions?

Sorry
Gelatin + water for 5 min. then put in microwave to melt. The add glucose, glycerin and Crisco, put back in microwave to make all soft (this is something not out of the book, but I do it, to make kniding easy) Place sugar on the table, make a hole in the center and add the gelatin mixture. Mix

i make my own fondant. I find it is cheaper to make than buying it. You can find the glucose and glycerine at Michaels, Joanns, AcMoore and with the 40% off coupon is a good deal. You can also flavor it yourself with extracts and have it compliment your cake. The one thing I suggest you do is make it by hand like the directions say with a wooden spoon. It doesn't seem to have the right texture when you use a mixer. Also if you need a lot of a certain color you can mix it with the water, crisco mix and your fondant with be uniform throughout. And your hands don't hurt from kneading. i just use the wilton recipe

I use a stand mixer for mine - it doesn't seem to be a problem. it doesn't need to mix for very long though, that's for sure.

Yep, the linked recipe is Colette's recipe, and it's the one I use all the time. Easy and cheap! I always use corn syrup instead of the glucose and it works beautifully.

I just mix mine by hand. It's easier than MMF, certianly!

And speaking as an attorney, recipes are not copyrightable. The text describing how to combine the ingredients is, so write those in your own words to be safe! But it's always ok to post the list of ingredients.

thanks paola!
now, someone said you can get the glycerine and glucose at michaels, but how do you get those 40% coupons? and michaels is so far from my house

I don't think anyone will get into trouble with Rose. She has a blog too and some of recipes are there. Just search Rose Levy Birenbaum and you will find it. It's interesting and helpful to scratch bakers.

thank you Steady2Hands!

THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!! BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE!!
The only fondant I can buy around here is Micheals, and I balk at paying almost $30 for 5lbs of fondant. I've been trying to make my own, MMF is fine, but I've also tried several recipes on this site to make fondant and none have turned out well so far. To gooey, horrible taste, to hard. I'll definintely try out the ones posted.
Thanks again!

THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!! BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE!!
The only fondant I can buy around here is Micheals, and I balk at paying almost $30 for 5lbs of fondant. I've been trying to make my own, MMF is fine, but I've also tried several recipes on this site to make fondant and none have turned out well so far. To gooey, horrible taste, to hard. I'll definintely try out the ones posted.
Thanks again!

Paola, thanks very much for all the trouble. I just read the directions you posted now. Thanks again.

Omicake, no problem, lo que necesites..

paolacaracas,,boring,,modthyrth,schildwaster

Not sure who would like to help me with this question

How does the taste compare to MMF?
Thanks!

I have never tried MMF, so I cant help, this Works perfectly fine for more than 10 years now, and all The marshmallow you can get in my country is in pastel colors

paolacaracas
Thank you for posting a reply> I was hoping it taste less like a marshmallow.
Your cakes are beautiful! I looked through your gallery. They are quite inspiring. I'm still in the practice stages. So I need all the inspritation I can get.
Thank you again!

Honestly, it's pretty similar. After all, marshmallows are made from unflavored gelatin, sugar, corn syrup, water, flavoring, and salt. Sound familiar after reading the fondant recipe?

I find making regular fondant very comparable in taste, cheaper than MMF, and much easier to make and use.

Don't feel bad, I got that ingredient list from a homemade marshmallow recipe. Who knows what wacky things they put in commercial marshmallows.