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One of the most popular posts on my blog is the post called “how to make fondant“.

I love this posts for many reasons, but mainly because it’s the first post that got you readers more involved in my site.

I got dozens of questions asking how to make fondant, and now I get many replies from people who followed my fondant recipe and got great results.

Julie S didnt know how to make fondant, and although she used a chocolate fondant recipe, she used this fondant recipe for all decorations and look at this lovely cake she made (scroll down as there are other cakes made by some of you further down)

Here’s part of what Julie wrote:

“I used a fondant recipe almost identical to yours to make the decorations on this cake. 
It’s not perfect, but for a first attempt, I thought your readers might find it encouraging to see what someone with zero experience can do with your fondant recipe.”

And here are some of the pics:

As you see the fondant is in many different colors, you can learn how to color fondant in my post called… How to color fondant

Another reader who sent me a picture of a cake she made using my fondant recipe is Rosana M.

This is a part of what Rosana wrote:

“Well, I already did it without the Glycerin since I couldn’t find any and put the food dye right into the mix before it was done. 
In fact, I had so much fondant leftover, I gave it to my mother, who still has it and it looks the same as when I made it back in December!
 
It was all experimentation for me because I don’t bake….anything….ever.
 
Needless to say the family was pretty surprised. 
The cake was a my tribute to Heath in Dark Knight. 
I was wanting it to be more dimensional but I figured just keep it simple”

And here’s the pictures she sent (a little scary, but brilliant as an a tribute to the dark knight) :

And last, but definately not least is Nena S.

Here’s part of what Nena wrote:

“As requested, I am sending you a couple of pictures of the “Terrible Towel” Cake! 
 
Originally I was going to make a second cake…a football helmet…had it all baked and everything then I decided it was going to be too large to go on top of the sheet cake.
 
SO, I just used your ABSOLUTELY PERFECT fondant recipe and made the little helmets, footballs, and the Pittsburgh Steelers logo in both corners. 
 
I can’t tell you how happy I am with your recipe!  I have a professional grade stand mixer that I cheated with…it does all of the kneading and color distribution much better than I could by hand.  
 
Thanks again!”

And here are the two pictures she sent:

I’m posting this posts for two reasons:

1. To show you the great work of those amazing three ladies

2. To show you how easy it is to make fondant

3. To tell you how happy it makes me when people respond to my posts

So, please feel free to send more questions, reviews and pictures if you use any of my recipes

Happy Cooking