I have to take fondant to my Course III class tonight and was thinking about making MMF instead of using Wilton's prepared fondant. If the cake turns out well DH is going to take it to work so I want it to be something that people will eat but I'm wondering how much fondant the MMF recipe makes. In my lesson planner for tonight it says that I need a 24oz. pkg. of fondant plus another 12oz. (We didn't get to make our fondant rose centers last week so I have to have enough for those, too.) What should I do?
Two batches would probably be more than enough if you are doing the 6" and 10" cakes.
Be calm girl....you will be ok. I completed that part of the class on last night, 5/7/06, and I only used 1 box of fondant. It asks for a 24 oz box of fondant but I think that I only had an 8oz box. I baked a 9in square cake and still had enough fondant to make cutouts of all kinds. My 1st cake came out pretty good and I even colored my fondant. This cake stuff is really addicting and I really had no idea that I'd like it this much....but I am loving it. 
MissJ
Yes, I'm doing the gift cake tonight and just made a batch of MMF for the first time. It was hysterical! I attempted to use my 225 watt hand mixer on just the first mixing step and ended up with the beaters ATTACHED TO MY SHIRT! LOL!!! 
I had to laugh or I would have cried! My 15 month old thought something was wrong and started to get upset when Mommy was yelling "No! No! No!" to herself and the mixer! Long story short, I was trying to get some of the MMF off of the beaters a little at a x time by starting and stopping the mixer and, somehow, I must not have turned the thing off all the way b/c when I put my finger on the beater the mixer started up again! I'm fine, but I freaked myself out and must have turned the mixer a bit and it caught my shirt and the beaters came off and one stayed stuck to my shirt! 
I am SO glad no one else was home!!! 
Needless to say, 1 batch had better be enough b/c I'm not making any more today! 
lol I have a Ktchen aid but still haha- kinda scary! 
How many TBSP of water did you use? I usually use 3 TBSP of water and almost a TBSP of flavoring.
I never get all of the sugar in to it if I don't use that much water, plus flavoring. That is ok though. You don't want to make it too dry.
It should be just like dough. It isn't as soft to work with as the Wilton fondant.
If the dough gets too tough to work with you can microwave it to soften it.
JUST DON'T BURN YOURSELF! You have to be very careful and let it cool a little bit before kneading it again!!
When you start working with it a little bit it might get a little bit sticky. It is made of marshmallow.
Just make sure to keep a very thin layer of shortening on your hands when working with it.
You do need to let it sit for a little while before you work with it.
Spray the saran with Pam or grease it before covering the fondant. Then it won't stick to the wrap.
I did the gift cake today. I took one batch of mmf and it was plenty. When I make it, I let it cool before I try to do ANYTHING with it. Once it cools a little, put some shortning on your hands and countertop and knead, knead, knead!! BTW, good choice using the mmf. I bought some Wilton today because I wasn't sure if the mmf was the same consistancy and I wanted to check it out. It is DISGUSTING!!!!
Everyone in my class really liked the MMF, bu tI found it very hard to work with. Maybe I should have added more water when I was making it. First, it took forever to work in a color. The people using Wilton's fondant in my class were able to add their colors very quickly and it took me at least 10 minutes each time. My hands and arms hurt at the end of the class! Plus, is it just me or does it pick up every single piece of fuzz that's flying through the air?? I didn't know it wasn't going to be white-white so maybe I'll add some whitener if I use it again. One of the ladies made her own fondant and it wasn't bad at all. It was smooth and basically just tasted like sugar. (I couldn't get mine perfectly smooth. IT looked like it had air bubbles or something.) It was very mild and I think I may try it sometime. How many people actually eat any kind of fondant that's on a cake?
Talking about the fuzz; the wilton's does that too. You have to be careful what you are wearing, lol. Also, it may be easier to work with if you nuke it about 5-10 seconds to soften it up.
"Everyone in my class really liked the MMF, bu tI found it very hard to work with. Maybe I should have added more water when I was making it. First, it took forever to work in a color. The people using Wilton's fondant in my class were able to add their colors very quickly and it took me at least 10 minutes each time."
If you want the fondant all one color, add in the coloring after melting the marshmallows when it is still easy to stir. It will save your arms. I have also halved the recipe to make 1/2 the batch one color and the other 1/2 white.
It is hard to work with in class because you don't have a microwave available. My instructor actual nuked ours in the employee microwave for us. Adding color goes SO MUCH faster when you do that.
I can't even stand the smell of Wilton fondant. I don't know why people put it on their cakes.
I have done a lot of experimenting with MMF and I really like it. It really does make a difference if you add more water. Also, you don't want to keep adding powdered sugar after it has stopped easily incorporating it. If you haev a lot of marble sized balls at the bottom of your bowl that won't incorporate into the ball of fondant, then you are probably going to have a drier fondant.
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