Fondant Recipe for the best Fondant Icing
Fondant Recipe - how to make fondant, is it difficult to follow the fondant recipe?
Like most things in life, practice gets perfection, but to make fondant is not too complicated, and given the upgrade it gives to the cake, I would sure give it a try.
Fondant recipe - How to make fondant
When you come to make fondant it’s important to use the right fondant recipe and follow it to the letter.
I know many people who tried some shortcuts on my fondant recipe and ended up with a fondant they just couldn’t take off of the table.
The fondant gets greasy, sticky or just resembles the taste of a commercial fondant, which is bad enough J
Three important tips before we move to the actual “how to make fondant” instructions and the fondant recipe:
- When you make fondant, both the dough and the icing, make sure to make it in room temperature – Too cold or too warm room will hurt the dough
- When you calculate the quantity of fondant icing required, it’s better to have too much fondant icing rather than too little, as leftover icing can be stored and used at a later date, or used for extra decorations
- Make sure you make fondant on a clean and smooth working surface.
Jewelry on your fingers or wrists or fluffy clothing could hurt the fondant’s surface
Ingredients required to make the fondant recipe:
- 1 Tbsp of unflavored gelatin
- 1/4 cup of cold water
- 1 tsp of almond extract
- 1/2 cup of light corn syrup (If a corn syrup is not available, you can substitute it with a sugar syrup made with 1-1/4 cups sugar and 1/3 cup water, boiled together until syrupy)
- 1 Tbsp of glycerin (some recipes say it’s optional, believe me, it’s a must)
- 2 lbs 10X confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 tsp of white vegetable shortening
Directions how to make the fondant recipe:
- Sprinkle the gelatin over cold water in a small bowl and let it rest for 2 minutes to soften
- Place the bowl in a microwave for 30 seconds on High, until the gelatin dissolves
- Add the Almond extract
- Add the corn syrup and the glycerin and stir until the mixture is smooth and clear (if the mixture is not turning smooth and clear, microwave it for an additional 15 to 20 seconds on high and stir again)
- Sift 1 1/2 pounds of the sugar into a large bowl
- Make a hole in the sugar and pour the liquid mixture to it
- Stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture becomes sticky
- Sift some of the remaining 1/2 pound of sugar onto a smooth work surface and add as much of the remaining sugar as the mixture will take
- Knead the fondant, adding a little more sugar if necessary, to form a smooth, pliable mass
- Rub the vegetable shortening on your thumbs and knead it into the fondant
- Wrap the fondant in plastic wrap and place it in a tightly sealed container to prevent it from drying out
If the icing dries out and harden it can often be revived by popping it into a microwave oven for a few seconds and then kneading it back to life
Now you know how to make fondant, I hope the following pictures will inspire you to give this easy, tasty Fondant Recipe 
But first, if you want to take your fondant recipe to the next level, you’re welcome to visit my post How to Color Fondant
And one update (11/02/09) - A few of my readers sent me pictures of cakes they made following the instructions on this post.
I advice you to go and check it out, to see what to expect when you learn how to make fondant
An update from January 15 2008:
About 6 month ago I got a mail from one of my readers asking me how to make fondant.
I never thought it’d be the most popular post on my blog…
Anyway, from the comments I get I see that many people finds it easy to make, it makes me so happy as that’s the purpose of this blog.
Now that you see that how to make fondant is very easy you can go to the next level by trying to color it (see “how to color fondant”) or get inspired with baby cake decoration ideas at my previous posts “baby shower cakes” , “children’s birthday cakes” and “more children’s birthday cakes”
I’d appreciate if you could recommend this fondant recipe using one of the social networks below.
Happy Cooking
February 17th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
I love your cakes i would like to know how to make fondant,,
Thank you
February 10th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
how much fondant does this fondant recipe make?
February 5th, 2010 at 6:44 am
You can buy glycerin at Acme, Stop and Shop and A.C. Moore. It is very INexpensive for a bottle. Thank you for the fondant recipe. I have been baking cakes for years, including my sons wedding cake last year. The only thing I dreaded was the cost of the store bought fondant as I couldn’t find a fondant recipe that tasted right (good) or had the correct texture. You have cured that problem for me. Thanks a million.
Valerie
February 4th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I think some of those cakes are really wonderful and I happen to be makeing one my self and I acsally got the fondant recipe off of this website so thank very much
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January 16th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Hi Val
I don’t mix anything with my fondant when I make shapes and decorations, the beauty of this fondant recipe is that it’s a kind of a one stop shop - you can use it for anything in decorating your cake.
If you use my fondant recipe I’d be happy to post pictures of the cakes you made.
Happy Cooking
January 16th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Hi Yvette
Thanks for your contribution, many readers don’t try this fondant recipe as they can’t find Glycerin.
Unfortunately Glycerin is important for the success of my fondant recipe so thanks again for your help!
happy Cooking
January 15th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
il be posting my pix once i’ve tried your fondant recipe… thank you for sharing your fondant recipe to us… it was a great move you did for all the cake lovers….
January 14th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Courtney: You can buy glycerin as well as glucose (some fondant recipes call for this) at craft stores that sell cake baking supplies. I was able to buy both of these at Michael’s. It’s relatively cheap. I paid less than $2 for the glycerin and only $5 for a container of glucose.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Do you mix gum paste with your fondant when making bows — or shapes that your want to harden well?
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Would I be able to find glycerin for the fondant recipe at hobby lobby? that place has a place for cake decorating I was wondering if maybe I could find it there.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:36 pm
This fondant recipe requiers glycerine which is hard to find but ended up working out for me. Thanks a bunch!
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
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January 2nd, 2010 at 8:40 am
Hi Jessica
This fondant recipe is enough to cover two 10” round cakes, with enough fondant leftovers for decorations.
Happy Cooking
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:33 am
Hi Katie
I hope you mastered my fondant recipe and you got the perfect cake for your birthday.
I’d appreciate if you could send me pictures of the cake you made so I can post them in my blog, convince other readers not to fear trying this fondant recipe
Happy Cooking
December 29th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
hi, im making my 14th birthday cake and this fondant recipe will be a life saver! thanks! (:
December 28th, 2009 at 3:20 am
Hiii I just turned 12 a week before Christmas and I’m having 16 or 18 girls over at house and I want to make a cake.I’m 12 and it doesn’t look to hard but I get angry when things don’t turn out right i hope this fondant recipe will work I’m so happy I could find u online!!!!!!!!!! Cya thanx
December 27th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
how much does this fondant recipe make?
December 24th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
10x is powdered sugar.
December 16th, 2009 at 12:34 am
fondant came out great.. JJ this is not the place for arguments!
December 14th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Thank u for your fondant recipe, my daughter’s cake turned out great.
December 11th, 2009 at 3:40 am
your fondant recipe requires 10X confectioners’ sugar, what is it?
December 4th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I don’t understand why a 13 year old would make fandant by themselves.
Argument time!
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Also where can i get white vegetable shortening for this fondant recipe….. thank you
November 27th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Where can you find 10x sugar for this fondant recipe?
November 22nd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Ah! Heather don’t use the glycerin you find in a store unless it’s a decorating store!!! The stuff you found could be poisonous!!! Don’t use it!!! I know this entry was a while ago but you can get really sick from that stuff, i told a friend once that they needed glycerin and i forgot to tell them to get it from Michael’s which is a craft store and they bought it at a regular store! They got really sick afterwords!!