Hello everbody,
I need your help/guidance in dealing with fondant. I have just started my wilton course 3 which is about fondant and I would like any tips/tricks that I could use while attempting fondant.
Also they recommend us buying the wilton fondant BUT I haven't heard anything good about it. So, I was wondering is it ok to make my own fondant? Which is the best/easy recipe for me to use.
Thanks in advance
Here is the Marshmallow Fondant Recipe that I use. It is very simple and it tastes really good. They also say that you can add CoffeeMate flavoring to it - just to add a differed taste to it.
I do not use all of the Icing Sugar to start either... but add it as I go along. That way you don't dry the fondant out too quickly.
I too have heard that Wilton Fondant is yucky... but haven't tried it myself yet.
1 package (16 oz.) white mini marshmallows (use a good quality brand)
2-5 tablespoons water
2 pounds sifted confectioners' sugar (about 8 cups)
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
Place marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of water in a microwave. Microwave 30 seconds; stir. Continue microwaving 30 seconds more; stir again. Continue until melted (about 2 1/2 minutes).
Place 3/4 of the confectioners´ sugar on top of the melted marshmallow mix. Grease hands and counter GENEROUSLY; turn marshmallow mixture onto counter. Start kneading like you would bread dough. NOTE: Please be careful, this first stage can get hot. Continue kneading, adding additional confectioners' sugar and re-greasing hands and counter when the fondant sticks. If the mix is tearing easily, it is too dry; add water (about 1/2 tablespoon at a time then knead it in). Continue kneading until mixture forms a firm, smooth elastic ball that will stretch without tearing, about 8 minutes.
YIELD: Makes about 2 pounds fondant.
Make sure you need it a TON I found out I was not needing enough in my first attempt. Once I tried to need in color, I got it to work because needing in the color took ALOT of kneeding.
If you haven't worked with fondant at all I would buy some so you have an idea of what it should feel and look like. If you really don't want to try the wilton (designed I think for the beginner so it is very forgiving! 
) try pettinice or satin ice. I made two different kinds this week but if I hadn't had experience with wilton during course 3 and with pettinice for another cake I would have had no idea if my problems were mine or my fondants! 
BTW- Depending on what flavor you want I found Sophiebelle's jello fondant to be super easy to make.
I am a Wilton instructor whom tells my students to buy the Wilton Fondant first to try on cakes if you have never worked with it. I then give them the Wilton homemade recipe that I found on Wilton.com so that they then have a homemade recipe to try. It is one of the basic recipes that works. I tweek it by adding candy clay and make it into my "chocofondant" that is really great.
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