This is my first time doing chocolate fondant, and I have a few questions: How is the taste ???... I need to cover first the cake with buttercream, chocolate buttercream or something like that?????... I want to do a cake for my husband birthday party next week. I want to do a chocolate fondant cake with strawberries on the top. Thank you... 
I have only used chocolate fondant once, and I used the Wilton recipe. I found that it did not taste chocolatey at all, and was very oily to work with - but it did look good. I think I saw a recipe on cake central for chocolate marshmallow fondant, which may taste better. Yes, you will need to vocer the cake in buttercream first.
i just bought choc satin ice, and oh my gosh, it tastes like brownies! very yummy. my experience with choc mmf is that no matter what i do it looks streaky and not very pretty, though it does taste good. heres an example, i did the first cake with choc mmf, hated it, so i redid it with choc satin ice and i think it now looks gorgeous(these were dummy's)
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=585653
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=831923
theres a huge difference! (oh, and i got a stupid bubble top on the first one, cause that was real cake, so that wasn't the fondants fault! lol)
As an alternative, you could also try doing a chocolate wrap. I think ShirleyW has a "How to..." posted on here somewhere. I've seen some very beautiful ones with strawberries on top.
Just an idea..
I haven't really worked with fondant yet, so I'm kind of in the same boat. I need chocolate/black fondant for a groom's cake I'm doing in september. I'm going today to see if I can find a local store that sells something tasty.
Good luck! I hope to see your cake when you're finished.
Holly
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