Comments on: How to make fondant – readers’ experience

By: Maxi

Maxi — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:12:55 +0000

I’m sure you can buy vegeatrian gelatin
I also need to get some

By: Maxi

Maxi — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:11:02 +0000

What can you use instead of gelatin if you are vegetarian?

By: TheCookDuke

TheCookDuke — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:12:38 +0000

Hi Malar

1. Yes, fondant is eatable, if you follow my fondant recipe you’re truly gonna love the taste
2. Yes, you do have to apply butter icing first before using the fondant to the cake. If you apply fondant decoration on top of the fondant icing then there’s no need for butter-cream, a tiny drop of water will do the trick

Happy Cooking

By: malar

malar — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:26:54 +0000

hi….

I would like to know the below:-

1. is the fondant icing is eatable?
2. do we need to apply butter icing first before using the fondant decorations?

thank you

By: Thanuja

Thanuja — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:15:28 +0000

hi i haven’t made fondant icing before..i’m exited to follow your recipie for baby’s first b’thday party..could you give me some examples for vege table shortening?can i use margerine or canola oil instead?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:37:08 +0000

The recipe was simple to follow and easier then i thought it would be to make! Once i made the fondant i tried doing the “coloring” part. that was again very simple! From now on i’m going to use fondant on my cakes instead of cheater already made frosting!

By: Nikos

Nikos — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:11:53 +0000

Thank you Soooooo much for the recipe..!
I used it to make a 2.5 metre long Candy house as the centre piece in a shop’s X-mas window. It came out Fabulous!!
Such an amazing recipe, so easy to make, nothing like all the recipes i’ve tried in the past! Pics are to follow soon!
Thanks again!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:32:05 +0000

Im not quite sure y but it took 4 pounds of sugar so please tell me what I did wrong.

By: TheCookDuke

TheCookDuke — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:00:25 +0000

Hi Angela

I only have 2 minutes so I can’t give you a full answer on how to cover the cake – once you make the fondant you see that it’s like placing a tablecloth over the table, it might seem complicated but it’s relatively simple.

As for the glycerin, it worth looking for it as it has an important role in this recipe.
You can always buy the glycerin online at Wilton’s site – search.wilton.com/?q=glicerin&u1=q
I wouldn’t get tempted to buy their “out of the box” fondant as I don’t like the taste of it.

Happy Cooking

By: TheCookDuke

TheCookDuke — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:37:36 +0000

Hi Rose

There are different cutters for fondant, but none of them in sufficient for decorations as you see on my cakes.
Fondant is great for decoration not only due to its texture and taste, but also for its flexibility that allows to make almost any structure out of it.
I’ll try to post some fondant decorating tips soon.

Happy Cooking