How Can I Make A Fondant Covered Cake Less Rich/sweet?
Decorating By maggiev777 Updated 14 Jun 2007 , 4:14am by leily
I just made my first real decorated cake using fondant (it is in my photos!). It went over great and I am thrilled to have learned how to use fondant. However, the main complaint from my friends was that it was overall too rich. I think they didn't mean just the fondant (Rhonda's Ultimate MMF, btw) but mainly the buttercream (Buttercream Dream) and maybe even the cake (WASC). It really does end up being a LOT of sugar for the average eater. I tried to skimp a bit on the BC to avoid it being tooooo much but they still said it was probably a bit too sweet.
Can fondant be put over a whipped cream frosting? Or is the whipped cream frosting not "strong" enough for it?
Any other ideas for how to make it more palatable/less rich?
Fondant can not be put over whip cream icing. I wish it could because I absolutely love whipped cream icing. And I agree the fonant over bc is very sweet. This is a recipe for a less sweet buttercream http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2523-45-Julies-Less-Sweet-Buttercream-Frosting.html
I use this recipe and add a pinch of salt. I know, I know I cringed the first time I read about putting salt in icing, I also thought the flour in this recipe was going to be awful. But it really helps. The salt helps lessen the perception of sweetness and the flour cuts back on the amount of sugar needed. I wouldn't recommend adding more flour though, I tried it and well yuck. There's only so much you can do after all it is cake. Good Luck.
Whipped cream melts fondant and gumpaste. Maybe try using a less sweet filling like lemon curd or pudding powder mousse... or switch to a scratch cake, that should be less sweet. SMBC or IMBC are a lot like whipped cream in taste and texture, but perform as a buttercream.
I did a tasting of fondant with some family and the following was how most of them rated them for sweetness... from the sweetest to the least sweet. So maybe you just need to find a different fondant to compliment your sweet cakes?
Marshmallow fondant
Satin Ice
Fondx
I have not had a chance to sample some other homemade fondant or the Pettinence fondant either but maybe they land in there somewhere else.
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