I have my first wedding cake order coming up in which they would like a 3 square tier covered in chocolate fondant.....never worked with chocolate fondant before, only MMF.
Question: any good homemade recipes? or better off buying already made
and if so which?
Thanks
i've never made chocolate fondant. I've bought Satin Ice chocolate fondant, and it is really yummy!
I've only made it once and used a recipe that called for adding melted chocolate to the fondant. It kind of broke apart and wasn't smooth, no matter what I did. I recently read a thread that said not to add melted chocolate, that it would seize up. Next time I will try the recipe on here that just adds cocoa. If it were a wedding cake-- a big cake-- I'd be tempted to buy it.
Here is a link for the recipe I'm using for a wedding cake next weekend.
http://www.fromkarenskitchen.com/recipes/icing_glaze/icing/chocolate_rolled_fondant.php
I have learned a few tricks while making this recipe.
1. DO NOT add all of the powdered sugar into the bowl, start with about 1 lb, then follow instructions as listed.
2. Once fondant is starting to make a ball, slowly add powdered sugar until you get the consistency of the MMF.
Also, if it does dry out and break apart, kneed in some water. I just got my hands wet and kneeded. It starts off really sticky but keep kneeding. I had to do this 2 or 3 times and was able to save my batch of fondant.
HTH
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