I don't know what i did wrong. I tripled this MMF recipe that I have
16 ounces mini marshmallows -i had 10 oz MM bags and used 2 cups for get 16 oz=6 cups
to mean it seems like i alway
2-5 tblsp water
2lbs icing sugar
1 tblsp vanilla extract
11/2 tblsp clean corn syrup
. I only added about 12 tblspns of water total and for some reason it seems that only 4 lbs of the sugar was enough. I tried added alittle more water then about another cup of powder sugar. It's not working for me, i knead it over and over but it just seems to fall apart and will not roll out for me like it usually does. What did i do? I have always needed to use the full amount of sugar needed.
PLEASE HELP TONIGHT!
a little update...... so i added more water to a section of the MMF and it gets mushy sticky mess. So to try and fix it I add more powdered sugar but it still seems to crumble a little.
I'm used to smoothing fondant out with crisco'd up hands.
Is it possible that I miss calculated the marshmallows and i need to add more?
AOne cup of mini marshmallows isn't 8 oz, if you measure out one 16oz bag it would be more than 2 cups. How many of your 10oz bags did you open to get 48oz? It should have been about 5.
Kiki is right, you need to weigh them, not measure them. A 16oz bag is about 8 cups, if I remember correctly.
I can't make out how much you actually used, do you mean you used a total of 6 cups?
lack of sleep affects me in the worst way. I thought it was weird cause i opened 2 - 10 oz bags. i googled (how many cups are in 16 ounces of mini marshmallows) and I got 8ozs is 1 cup. ugh!!!!!!!!!! yes i used a total of 6 cups.................... so irritated! Thank you guys..... off to melt more marshmallows
Thank you guys...
If you have extra powdered sugar, I would just start over.
If you don't, then just add them to about 3/4 of the fondant you have already made, and go from there.
LOL vgcea you sound like my husband cause his response to this situation was almost up until you said again! I probably do need some rest. i wasn't expecting to substitute the marshmallows with corn syrup but thought if I added it to the MMF I already have made with the rest of the marshmallows it would somehow work. I obviously don't know and that is why i asked.
scrumdiddlycakes i have extra powered sugar but not enough marshmallows to bother making a mess, i did add the newly melted marshmallows to some of it but there wasn't enough marshmallows to noticeably change it's consistency. I've decided with no other choice I will work on something else.
Thank you guys
Not sure if I will be chastised for this or not, but when I make my MMF this is how I do it. I put 1 bag of MM into a bowl, and about 2 tbs of water. Melt it down in the microwave and add about a tbs of crisco. I then start to add the sugar. I don't measure out the sugar, I just sift a ton of it and start to add until the fondant is the consistency I want. I also add flavoring before I start with the sugar. I find that depending on the humidity and temperature I use more or less sugar to get the right consistency. I know being overly tired is a big issue for me when making cakes, but I find if I play it more by feel and texture, I get what I need without any issues! Hope that you were able to get everything straightened out!
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