I was wondering if anyone is having issues with the new formulated Wilton fondant.  I have been using it for many year (10) with no issues.  My latest cake with a disaster when I used the new fondant.  It's too soft and grainy.  I had a lot of cracks, bubbles and tearing.  Managed to cover some of the tearing, but I won't be buying this fondant again.  Any suggestions for another type of fondant that I don't have to make myself?

AI am covering with the new fondant right now and I am extremely disappointed :( I have been using wilton fondant for two years now with no problems. It was my preferred fondant. After this weekend I will have to change brands. It's ridiculously soft, and sticky. Terribly disappointing! Wilton was so convenient to buy locally, now that is out the window. I'm really unhappy right now and I have two more cakes to get through today :(

How does it compare to Satin Ice? I have found SI to be fairly soft as well, also, how does it taste?

AIt undoubtedly taste way better, but as far as working with it, it's worse than satin ice. I tried satin ice for a little while and I didn't like how soft it was so I decided to stick with wilton. Now, even satin ice is more firm than wilton. And satin ice still taste better so wilton has no advantage over satin ice now.

Everything Wilton makes is "made in China". There is no quality control in China. This does not surprise me that the fondant is no good!!! I do not use fondant but if I ever did I would find a recipe and make my own. I am sure there are fondant experts here on this site that could enlighten all of us about which fondant is the best and whether or not to make your own. I have heard that marshmallow fondant is pretty good. I am sure you could get many recipes that you could try and make your own. Good luck.

Thank you for the reply, I was going to try the new Wilton, I think my plans just changed lol

AI am familiar with making fondant but choose to use store bought fondant just to make the process easier. I'm pretty sure I'm going to start making fondant again from now on. Lol I can tell you how depressed I am right now!

I am still a beginner compared to most of you here! Just finished Course 3 of the Wilton Method at my local Michael's store. Final cake was covered in fondant. I made Elizabeth Merrick's MMF, which uses a pack of the old Wilton fondant. It turned out absolutely fabulous! The cake went to my daughter's school for volunteer appreciation meeting. I asked her if people ate the fondant or peeled it off. She said they ate it all and commented on how delicious it was! Here is a picture of the cake.

The next photo was my first attempt at any type of fondant. It was only MMF. The cake was for my daughter's bridal shower.

Can you give me the recipe you use to make your own fondant?  I might give it a try.

The new fondant is great. I tried it for the first time this weekend on a wedding cake but like you mentioned I thought it was WAY too soft. Its good for small cakes, but I wouldn't suggest covered big cakes with it. The fondant stretches very easily because its soft.

Did any of you try adding some powdered sugar to thicken it up? 

We tried using powdered sugar and it didn't help.  I also tried cornstarch and that made it gritty.

http://www.food.com/recipe/marshmallow-fondant-255227

This is the recipe I used for the MMF

Thanks Inga1.  I'll have to try it.

Try adding a little tylose powder to the fondant & let it stand for a couple of hours, that is how I firm my fondant.

AHate, hate, HATE THE NEW WILTON FONDANT! Too stretchy, reacts HORRIBLY to humidity, gummy, and won't set up. I had fondant fins for a cake out for THREE days and it still didn't harden! I'm trying Satin Ice in hopes that it will be better, I have to order it online but if it saves me a ton of headache and frustration it's WORTH IT! Unfortunately I still have quite a bit of Wilton fondant left, no idea what I'm going to do with it now.

Here is a link to a great video from The Twisted Sifter making her homemade fondant. I use her method, but since I do not have a large Kitchenaid mixer I used my hand held mixer with the dough hooks that came with it and it still works great. I use this alone for small cakes and to decorate sugar cookies. I typically use all Satin Ice fondant for large wedding cakes because it has a more smooth, polished look, but you could use a mixture of the two, especially if you have some Wilton fondant you just want to get rid of!!!

http://www.thetwistedsifter.com/video-makingfondant.php

Fondant really isn't supposed to set up for something like fins.  You'd use a 50/50 mix of fondant and gumpaste, or straight gumpaste for something like that.

AThe new Wilton fondant is a high grade product from the UK. The old Wilton was terrible and not fit for a dog. There is nothing wrong with the fondant!

AI agree with the boss. How many of you know a fondant that stays soft on the cake a day later? Not many. Add this fondant to your arsenal of supplies. Most figures are not meant to be just fondant, the old wilton was more gumpaste than fondant, that's why people used it for figures and not on a cake, yuck.

Try adding a little tylose powder to the fondant!!!

I am new at using fondant, but I just finished doing a cake for the birthday of the daughter of a close friend, and the Wilton fondant worked great. It does taste better than the old one but I still try to make the fondant layer a thin as possible, so tearing is more probable. And for rolling it, yes it was soft but it worked better for it rolled out faster, and it needed less kneading, so it doesn't have a lot of time to dry out (I'm still a bit slow with the process :) ). But it didn't tear, stretched or bubbled on me.