Okie dokies! 
I bought a HUGE bag of marshmallows from BJs wholesale store. ha its awesome! its scary almost! And have decided to make my own fondant since wilton turned me off for well prolly the past 8 months to fondant. (I was afraid, so very afraid). But since the site I've noticed rave reviews on MMF. My question is....since I'm going to be doing now an anniversary cake. And prolly making it a specialty cake (just to use my talents) can i flavor the fondant? Or is it marshmallowy? Cuz i know my bfs parents dont mind marshmallow but unless i was going for a smores cake i dont think the marshmallow taste would work so well
Just curious, that'd be spiffy if i could! Oh if i can, i may have far far too much fun w/it.
*PS* One should take heed to the WARNING for the site! I CANT GO AWAY FROM IT!!! I stay up till 3am thinking..about cakes and what I can make them for....and what KINDS and frosting..and fondant and...ohhh boy! hehe
Im off..time for bed...im 45mins EARLY!
Yep, this site can take up a lot of your time. Yes, you can add flavoring to MMF. If you make it plan, is just tastes sort of sweet. But you can add a complementary flavor when you add the water at the beginning of the batch. Just replace some of the water with your flavoring. Keep in mind that some flavorings also have a touch of color that could tint your fondant.
I made a batch this weekend and put in a tablespoon of pure orange extract that I got at the grocery store and everyone loves it. I think this is how I might make it from now on!
Speaking of MMF...I don't have a lot of the tools needed and wondered if I could use a regular rolling pin (wooden) to roll out the MMF if I grease it with crisco...? 
I just use my wooden rolling pin and it works fine! I either use Crisco or sometimes a little cornstarch.
Speaking of MMF...I don't have a lot of the tools needed and wondered if I could use a regular rolling pin (wooden) to roll out the MMF if I grease it with crisco...?
I've used my regular rolling pin up until the time just recently when I needed a round sheet of fondant about 24" across, I panicked because my pin is only 12" long and I was getting edge-marks. As I was panicking, I decided to put that energy to good use so I was down in my basement cleaning out my cake fridge, when up in the sky (well - up in the joists) I noticed a spare piece of pvc pipe that was about 3 feet long (after measuring it was revealed to be 33.25" long 
) and I thought, hmmm....that is long, smooth, round, and I can put crisco on it and it won't soak in....why not give it a shot? Once my DH said nope he didn't know why it was up there, and nope he didn't need it, it became my newest cake tool!
YAY! I wasn't sure if I could so I haven't attempted to make MMF. Looks like I have something to do tomorrow!
Speaking of MMF...I don't have a lot of the tools needed and wondered if I could use a regular rolling pin (wooden) to roll out the MMF if I grease it with crisco...?
I've used my regular rolling pin up until the time just recently when I needed a round sheet of fondant about 24" across, I panicked because my pin is only 12" long and I was getting edge-marks. As I was panicking, I decided to put that energy to good use so I was down in my basement cleaning out my cake fridge, when up in the sky (well - up in the joists) I noticed a spare piece of pvc pipe that was about 3 feet long (after measuring it was revealed to be 33.25" long
) and I thought, hmmm....that is long, smooth, round, and I can put crisco on it and it won't soak in....why not give it a shot? Once my DH said nope he didn't know why it was up there, and nope he didn't need it, it became my newest cake tool!
I haven't tried this YET, but really want a PVC pipe to use as a rolling pin! I have also seen someone on this site uses PVC with PVC caps on the ends. It works to make your fondant an even thickness.
Wow! PVC pipe, huh? That's so great - who needs those $25+ big rolling pins sold specially for fondant?
I just finished doing my first MMF cake. I think I used too much cornstarch as it started to get reall tough toward the end. Putting shortening on the rolling pin would have helped. I'll try that next time.
The cake supply store around here sells lots of flavorings, and cheap compared to the grocery store. I got 2 oz of coconut flavor for $1.30 compared to the McCormicks Rum flavor from the grocery for $3.00. I might go back to the cake store and pick up a bunch of flavors to keep on hand.
I use my wooden rolling pin and I don't put anything on it. My mmf is usually pretty soft so that I can use cornstarch to roll it without it drying out. On one of the cake contests on foodnetwork someone used pvc to roll out fondant, very cool.
OK, I finally had a taste of the cake I made with MMF this weekend.
I had flavored the MMF with coconut to match the filling, but it was still very overly-sweet and overpowered the flavors in the cake.
How can I cut the sweetness, say in HALF? It was just too much for the cake. I've read to add salt, but doesn't salt usually end up bringing out the sweetness in things? (Why people salt watermelons and cantalopes?)
Would a different flavor have helped?
I do add salt to MMF when I make it...it cuts the sweetness greatly! I add it in while I am melting the marshmallow, not only to make sure it dissolves, but to make sure it is evenly distributed.
I can't remember exactly but I think it is about 1/2 tsp salt per recipe (16 oz. marshmallows)
HTH!
glenda
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