Has Anyone Used Any Of The Duff Products?
Decorating By Marissaisabel Updated 14 Sep 2010 , 1:10am by tripleD
I needed a very deep brown so in a pinch (WITH coupon) I bought Duff's brown fondant. It tasted like a tootsie roll but was a PITA to work with. Even after sitting out for 4 days the fondant was still soft and my fondant wood planks would not stand up straight. Def. will not buy it again!
I am surprised that the pp liked the silver spray so much. I got it to cover bottle caps just to play around and it never looked silver even after spraying it over gray fondant. It just kept looking glittery. So not the look I was going for.
I picked up the chocolate fondant, which tastes awesome! And better than Satin Ice. I haven't tried covering a cake with it yet, but I used if for some detail work & it was great. I also picked up his yellow cake mix - delicious! I wish I could look at the mumbled ingredients & translate that to english so I could make a cake from scratch that tasted that good. lol
I'll definitely use Duff's fondant if I need red or black, way too hard to try & color white fondant. Plus, I live in a small town, so I have to drive almost 2 hours to get Satin Ice (or order it online). It's nice to have something other than Wilton fondant (yuck!) available!
For those having trouble with the fondant: what are you using when you roll it out?
I've recently purchased Satin Ice and Fondarific. I also recently made Rhonda's Ultimate MMF. With all three, they were much easier to work with once I stopped using shortening to roll it out and used powdered sugar instead. Before this, with my old MMF, I never understood why anyone would use powdered sugar as my MMF was already stiff to work with; now that I've tried the commercial brands, I completely understand!
I did have to knead in some powdered sugar for the Fondarific to make shapes with it. They stretched like Stretch Armstrong when I tried to pick them up. The shapes never did get as stiff as I'm used to, but I was afraid to knead in any more powdered sugar. I made a mental note to add Gum-tex the next time I needed shapes and such.
I used the black fondant the other day on a cake that Iwanted to put some small bows on. I did have to cut a piece off since it was hard and I didn't want to microwave the whole tub, but it softened nicely after a few seconds in the microwave. I did add a bit of Tylose to it and made my bows and immediately placed them on the cake. They held up great!
I also bought the white fondant (both with coupons), the neon color set, a set of the impression mats and the wires that you can hang stuff on. My Micheals doesnt' have the spray yet, but I'm excited to try it and see how the Silver will work.
I haven't tried it yet but do you think it's been hard to work with because you have to microwave it first? I wonder if it's like microwave popcorn...2 seconds too long and it goes from perfect to useless
Just thinking maybe that's why it's so soft. Wondering if after you microwave it if you would need to let it sit just a bit.
To anyone who has the impression mats - do the edges repeat? What I mean is, if you press it onto the cake, then go to the next area, does it create a seamless pattern, or does it mark unevenly?
I was in Michaels yesterday, and looked through the entire line. I was particularly interested in the spatulas, because of the ground handles.
Does anyone have them yet? I would like an opinion about weight and balance before I consider buying them.
Thank you!
Theresa
I got the black fondant for some accent work. It smelled YUMMY! I had to cut off a piece at a time because I didn't want to nuke the whole tub. And yes, 2 seconds too long and it DID get super, super, super tough. Luckily I only did a bit at a time, so I didn't make the mistake twice. Still like Satin Ice best, but had fun trying out something new.
I purchased the Chocolate Fondant because I had a coupon, and I can honestly say that there is no difference between Duff's and Fondarific. Is it true that Fondarific makes Duff's Fondants? Both taste like tootsie rolls, and I have to say that any of the Fondarific fondant gets eaten. Everyone likes it.
I bought the black and it is hard to work with. It is soft and melts. I tried making bows and let it sit overnight and it was still soft. It smell and taste good though
I haven't tried the fondant, but I do use several of his icing colors and LOVE them. I have used red and black to dye my MMF with great success. I haven't been to Michael's in forever, but my local cake supply shop carries his colors. Nothing else though. Interesting.
I'm still "newish" to cakes so I don't have experience with a lot of the different products.
I tried the Duff fondant out on the Hollywood black, red & white cake in my pics. It does get pretty soft and stretchy. After I microwave it and knead it, I let it sit for a bit. I had a hard time getting a fondant smoother over it also, it kept sticking and pulling. The end result was pretty and it is yummy, just a little extra effort.
We only have the red, black, white, pink and chocolate available here. I tried mixing blue coloring into the white and that was a nightmare. It was streaky and it was impossible to get the air bubbles out after getting the coloring mixed in.
I like the silver spray look, it took several coats on grey fondant. (The film reels on the Hollywood cake), but the cans pooped out on me when they were still half full or started spitting out globs. I won't buy them again.
I used my 40% off coupon for his fondant. It's really sweet to me, my family liked it. It's also pretty oily. Not bad for covering cakes but if you're going to make any figures out of it you'll need to let it sit out in the air to dry out a bit.
I am wondering about the wires...Is it safe to assume they are food-safe??? (ie: do not contain lead?) I have not been able to figure out what to use (trying to avoid the floral wire controversy...dip in chocolate, put into a straw, dip in RI, etc.) Just wondering if anyone knows anything about them. It would be GREAT if they are totally food-safe!
The package says you can place them directly into the cake; I would not think it would say that if they weren't food safe. However, when I used them, I stuck them in a straw anyway in hopes that it would help not tear the cake (I had 3 coming out of one spot). I know it seems like a waste of money since you can make these wires yourself. But for me, it was worth it not to have to bend them; I can never get all of them the same shape. Plus, I used a coupon 
The package says you can place them directly into the cake; I would not think it would say that if they weren't food safe. However, when I used them, I stuck them in a straw anyway in hopes that it would help not tear the cake (I had 3 coming out of one spot). I know it seems like a waste of money since you can make these wires yourself. But for me, it was worth it not to have to bend them; I can never get all of them the same shape. Plus, I used a coupon
Thx, I did not get a chance to read the package carefully (with 2 little ones grabbing everything within arm's reach! LOL!) If you make the wires yourself, is the wire you use foodsafe? If so, where do you get it? What type of wire is it?
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