Home Made Fondant Vs. Store Bought.
Decorating By Honeychild Updated 17 Oct 2010 , 8:59pm by Honeychild
I have been using home made MMF since doing cakes but wonder am I missing out on a better product with the Satin Ice brand or Wilton brand? Any brands that some of you swear by??
Definitely not the Wilton - yuck. The only time I use Wilton is when I need black or red because it's so hard to get that color made. I have just tried mixing half Fondarific and half Satin Ice and it was delish! I used the chocolate and everyone loved it. I am making a confirmation cake and am doing the same thing but with white buttercream 1/2 and 1/2.
The Wilton brand is disgusting, but thats what I was taught to use and I haven't tried anything else yet. The only thing to be said about it is, it is easy to use and doesn't seem to have the cracking problems I have read about. When I deliver a cake, I just tell them that though the fondant is edible I recommend peeling it off the slices of cake like that red wax on those mini cheeses. I want to try MMF but I really hate working with melted marshmallow. LOL.
Try making MFF, that is all I make and instead of white chocolate chips for white fondant, I use semi sweet when I need black fondant (just add a little black coloring)
I used to make MMF when I first started out as well. I liked the taste, and the texture, and I loved how cheap it was.. but I HATED making it. Now I use Satin Ice and I love it. I would rather raise my prices a tiny bit, and serve something beautiful and delish, but not have to spend all the time kneading and kneading. I don't mind working with Wilton, but it is nasty. I usually buy Wilton in bulk with coupons, and use it to cover styrofoam, decorations, etc. to cut down on costs.
I love Michele Fosters fondant recipe.....easy to make and it tastes great.
Not attempting to highjack, but wondering if you use just one jar of fluff to one 10.5 bag of marshmallow? Or is there another recomendation?
I'd like to know too...Fluff sounds a lot easier 
Here's what I did last night and it worked perfectly. I buttered my mixing bowl of my KA and also buttered the dough hook, then put a jar of fluff in and added any flavoring, i.e., almond, and also food coloring and mixed a bit, then added about 4 cups of sifted p.sugar adding a cup at a time. Then I dumped this (was slightly dry) onto a greased mat and greased up my hands and kneaded abotu another cup or so of sifted ps in until pliable. It worked just great!
Fondarific. Not only do they have a wonderful flavors it is easy to work with and doesn't tear or give you elephant skin.
I keep most of the color (well the bright colors) of Satin Ice on hand all the time. Lately I've been buying PettinIce. It's quite soft, so you have to get used to working with it. Wilton Fondant does not quality as a food product, it's so disgusting. Although with a coupon, it's fine for covering dummy cakes.
I'm confused. I haven't ever heard of chips of any kind in mmf. What is the recipe and also, please, what is the recipe using the fluff?
It wasn't mmf (marshmallow fondant), but mff (Michele Foster's Fondant) the previous poster was referring to about adding chips - there is a white chocolate variation to her recipe.
I started off making MMF but with two young kids, a full time job and husband who works shift work it was just one more thing that took too much time. So I've started buying my own. I find FOndarific on it's own a little too soft and sickly sweet while Satin Ice is a pain to work with and tastes/smaells really fake. however when I mix the two it's great!
PettinIce. It's quite soft, so you have to get used to working with it.
Would you say it's softer than Fondarific?
I love Fondarific, but it tended to melt in our high summer temps. so I switch to Fondx. I Love - Love - Love Fondx and now they have nice bright colors that taste as good as Fondarific. If I had more time (which, I would like to point out is a 4 letter word) I would make the MMF with the jello added. 
I to make my own fondant. I don't make a MMF but I do find it nice to know you have made EVERYTHING you can for the cake. I know for the sake of time it isn't always ideal but I actually enjoy making the fondant and everyone seems to think it taste pretty good. And a huge plus is that it cost a lot less.
CNCS, I usually use my homemade mmf right away to cover a cake but I know it will last for weeks if air sealed properly.
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