Can I Dry Satinice Fondant In The Oven?
Decorating By melysa Updated 22 Dec 2006 , 8:53pm by beachcakes
No fondant in the oven!! Some people have success w/ fondant in an oven w/ only the oven light on, but it didn't work for me.
I put my stuff on a cookie sheet and park it by an open window or fan - the cool (not cold or refrigerated) air seems to dry stuff out fairly quickly for me. And I'm in Texas where it tends to be a little more humid than a lot of places.
Good luck!
you know that is weird...i did a big cake last week and forgot to do my gumpaste way in advance, so a day and a half before i asked here and was told it was ok to dry it in the oven at low low temp or just the light....i put them in there and they seemed to get softer....hmmm. awhile later i took them out, let them airdry for a couple more hours then just painted them and moved on. they held up, but were still fragile, i cracked a couple just handling them. so i dont know maybe if given more time they would have hardened better. but i remember thinking (as i squished a fingerprint in them feeling - oops) i thought it was supposed to dry it out,not make it softer.
live and learn i guess. trial and error... so i thought i had heard on here that people have used the oven to speed dry fondant but maybe i misunderstood.
i'll try the fan- or maybe just thin gumpaste instead.
I had a fondant box top go completely flat trying to dry it in the oven on the lowest temp, I pre-heated to 200 then shut off the oven. Left it in for a min or 2 and it when totally flat!
So I ended up just placing it on the cake as a closed box instead of the open box I had wanted. It still came out pretty - but I have not had luck with the oven. I would LOVE to hear any one with success drying fondant in a flash though!
I've never used the oven for fondant or gumpaste either! I've made items the night before needing them and as long as they aren't too thick they're fine. I just lay them on a paper towel and the paper towel on a drying rack so air can circulate around them. laying them on the paper towel keeps them from getting the squares from the rack on them.
Debbie
Are you adding to your fondant as a hardner????? This becomes firm fast and I've never used an oven for anything fondant or gumpaste!
can you share the directions for this? is it still ok to eat? (gumpaste isn't the most pleasant although termed edible)
thank you much-
Sometimes it helps to put your pieces under a gooseneck lamp. Not too close or it will scorch. or under a fan. Drying time will depend on the humidity where you are.
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