This may be a silly question, but I am confused with fondant being edible? I recently made a fondant cake for my husband and he stated that the fondant was kinda hard/chewy. Is it for decoration of cake, or is it really to be eaten? Most people I talk to say they peel it off and eat the cake. Please advise me, I'm very confused?

Some people like it, the important thing is that you are putting edible things on the cake Have you tried the Marshmallow Fondant? It is pretty good, my husband will snack on it. (so will my daughter, but she is 3 and that doesn't say a whole lot)

Absolutely edible, it is just trying to find one that tastes good! But, it also has a lot to do with people not wanting to chew their icing. I use Satin Ice and my family will eat it along with the MMF.

I'll eat it if its mmf.

most people gag when they hear the word fondant, because, 1. it is not commonly found on everyday cakes and 2. if they have had it, it is usually wilton which tastes like overly sweet flour paste.

i would totally recommend trying the satin ice brand. it really is good. tastes like a very yummy vanilla buttercream, and the dark chocolate tastes like fudge. very easy to work with and high quality. if you roll it thin enough 1/8-1/4" most people will give it a try and find that they like it. i've only used fondant for about 5 months, but have made alot of hobby cakes since then and have only seen a few pieces not eaten (out of hundreds of pieces of cake...). I am sticking with this brand

I haven't made too many cakes with fondant but everyone has picked it off. They all say it's too hard. I have heard really good things about marshmallow fondant so I will need to try that myself.

forgot...if you make it fresh, and have it eaten within a day or two, and properly stored, it should not be hard. the outside will set up, but the inside will still be soft. also satin ice isnt as chewy as mmf.

I just did three cakes this weekend with fondant. I actually have people who ask me to make sure there piece has fondant! I use satin Ice! The two cakes I did for my cousins children were some of the best cakes I have done!

i like satin ice as well. I made the fondant for my last cake.. I even ate a piece of the cake and didnt pick it off LOL

My answer to the question is perhaps it depends on which country you live in and how you have been brought up. Having said that Australian cakes have been mostly fondant over the yeras and its only in the last say 20 years that buttercream was introduced in a big way and ganache. Our cakes have been mainly fruit as well for special occassions, similar to England I am lead to believe. Its all different now.

I also find that if you make the fondant yourself it tastes better than store brought and it doesn't tend to go hard. What we call here plastic icing goes rock hard and I don't like the taste of it. I prefer homemade fondant. Now saying that when I was in America in July last I covered a cake with Satin Ice and found that easy to use and the taste not too bad. It was not on the cake long enough to know whether it went hard or not. I was taught that if you make a fruit cake it needs to be made 6 weeks before hand and you can ice it stratight away but any other cake you make it one day cover the next and deliever the following day for comsumption so again no tiem to go hard.

I'll eat it if it is MMF. Very tasty.
Wilton Redy to use Fondant ir rally bad!

I've been using MMF and everyone seems to eat it. I haven't noticed anyone picking it off anyway. I don't mind the taste of it so much, but I don't eat it myself 'cause I prefer just the cake and filling, and a thin layer of buttercream... not big on icing of any kind!

I have never tried the Satin Ice, it sounds intriguing though... I am just a cheapskate and try to make everything myself but maybe I will have to try this one day.

Hi there,
The fondant (sugarpaste) that we use here in Britain does not go hard unless you leave it for months on a cake. Something you cannot do with a sponge cake.
I have half a Christmas cake (fruit) still sitting on my worktop, this was covered 7 weeks ago - the icing is still soft - I have gone all hungry now! and this cake tends to sit on my waist - I do wish it didn't.

The Satin Ice sounds as if it would be the thing to use.

It always seems a shame to me that a lot of time and trouble is taken to cover a cake and the icing is removed before the cake is eaten.

A British lady made a cake in the USA and was VERY hurt to find everyone at the Wedding taking the sugarpaste off - without even trying it. She had taken the British sort with her.

The fondant should not go hard. Due to the consistency it does "cling round the teeth" a bit. but soon 'washes off' with a nice drink.

Hope you have much better luck the next time you try.

I love Satin Ice...and it tastes very good. MMF is alright, but I way prefer SI. People eat either of these. I would NEVER put Wilton's crap on a cake again (excuse my emotion!). It's nothing more than vanilla flavored play-doh. Wel.....I feel much better now!!!!!!

i dont like fondant at all but the MMF isnt too bad. My sister, on the other hand LOVES to eat the fondant! even WIlton (eww)! she also likes to peel dry skin from a sunburn,though.....lol

Where can you get the Satin Ice fondant?

I know that if you are making a wedding cake and it is being catered, the caterers will automatically peel it away before serving the slices...I read an article on how much the wedding caterers hate it when they see a fondant cake because they have to peel it off unless you request to leave it on. So...I guess in the catering world, it is really just a decoration. When I make a fondant cake for kids...most of the kids love it!

...well someone needs to educate the catering world then. I'd tear into them if they did that to MY cake! LOL

There is no reason for fondant to taste bad. It can be flavored to whatever you want. and if I were paying for a wedding cake and the caterers peeled it off, I'd have a fit. That's like scraping off a sauce before serving a dish the chef makes.

I tried Wilton first, YUK! I tried satin ice second ok, MMF third. I like the MMF because it stays soft longer and you can salt it so it won'e be so sweet, and flavor as you like. The cakes I made with MMF was not peeled off. I think it also took on the flavor of the buttercream which was amartto flavor.

I had the same question. I don't care to eat it, even though the MMF is good tasting...I don't like eating more than a nibble of it! Some people I have served it to loved it, and ate it like candy. Others peeled it off.

I've seen some people eat my cakes with MMF and others that will peel it off. Personally I think MMF is edible, but it doesn't really have much flavor to it. I've tried doing a couple of different flavors of extract but it hasn't seemed to make a big difference. I would certainly like to hear what else I could do with the MMF to make it taste a little better.

dont like fondant at all but the MMF isnt too bad. My sister, on the other hand LOVES to eat the fondant! even WIlton (eww)!

My Aunt does too! I made a July 4th cake with fondant embellishments and red, white and blue fondant drapes and she just peeled the drapes off and ate them! They were WILTON flavored with Tropical Punch Lorann Candy Oil.

There is no accounting for taste! LOLL

Beth in KY

I find that most of my clients especially when it is for children, love the stuff.... Adults however, is a hit or miss. I have had more success with the adults liking it since I've been Almond and Butter flavoring to it.

Some kids like it. I personally thought it wasn't THAT bad (I tried Wilton's). And if Wilton's wasn't THAT bad, I'm guessing Satin Ice is delicious.

I, too, use Satin Ice and have found that kids will eat the vanilla while adults say it is too sweet. However, I just made a cake with chocolate fondant and everyone ate it.

Ok.... I am very new at this and all I have ever tried is wilton fondant. And I gotta say.... not that tasty! So. my question is where do I find the Satin Ice Brand or anyone have a good recipe?????

I use Satin Ice and everyone eats that.