Make Your Own Homemade Fondant
The fondant is an elastic colored sugar paste that has become very fashionable to cover cakes, cookies and muffins. Without a doubt, a new and original way to decorate your desserts. Ideal for creative people.
We teach you how to make 2 different recipes for homemade fondant, one with clouds and the other based on gelatin. Also learn a wide variety of tips and tricks to make a perfect fondant.
Homemade fondant with clouds recipe
Ingredients:
- 200 g of clouds
- Butter spread
- A little bit of water
- 400 g icing sugar
- Food coloring
Utensils:
- Bowl
- Spoon
- Roller
- Silicone mat
- Film paper
- Airtight plastic bag
- Microwave
preparation:
- Spread a bowl with butter.
- Put the clouds, a little water and put in the microwave.
- Scoop every 20-30 seconds to see how your clouds are doing.
- Stir so they fall apart without burning or sticking. They have to look like a cream on you.
- Add a little icing sugar to your cream.
- When it is cold, add the icing sugar little by little and knead.
- Finish kneading with a rolling pin at the point where the dough is elastic.
- Make a ball, wrap paper film, put it in a plastic bag and let stand 6 to 8 hours.
Homemade fondant with jelly recipe
Ingredients:
- 14 g of gelatin
- lemon extract, cinnamon etc.
- 1/2 liter of water
- 2 teaspoons glycerin
- 1 cup white corn syrup
- 900 g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon of butter
Utensils:
- 2 bowls
- Sieve
- Wooden or plastic spoon
- Microwave
- Film
- Plastic bag
- Silicone mat
- Roller
preparation:
- Put the water in a bowl and sprinkle with the gelatin. Let it rest for about 3 minutes.
- Microwave for about 30 seconds until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Add the corn syrup and glycerin.
- Sift about 600 g of icing sugar into a bowl.
- Pour the mixture over the crater-shaped sugar.
- Stir with a wooden or plastic spoon to form a paste.
- Smear your hands with the butter and knead your dough.
- Roll your fondant into a ball , wrap it in plastic wrap, and put it in a zip-lock bag.
- Finally, put it in the fridge until the next day.
Data of interest:
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Preparation time : approximately 1 hour
- Buy the white clouds. Then you can color them however you want. If you can’t find them, cut the pink part of your clouds and keep the white one.
- Always sift the sugar.
- The fondant can last up to 6 months if you wrap it in plastic wrap, put it in a plastic bag or an airtight bowl and leave it in the fridge. You can freeze it and leave it for up to 3 months.
- It is very important that when you store it you do not let any air enter it, you run the risk of it drying out.
- The most special ingredients such as glycerin, you can find them in a specialized cupcake shop.
- Homemade fondant has to work quickly because it dries quickly. Do it on a buttered silicone mat so it doesn’t stick to you. You can also sprinkle a table with cornstarch, if you don’t have a silicone mat.
- There are paste, gel, liquid and powder colorants. The paste and gel colorants are the best and those that leave a more intense color. Liquid colorant can water down the dough and powdered colorant is used for shading and shading, best for the most artist.
- The colorant is added during kneading.
- Have a little patience. The fondant takes a lot of practice to make it perfect.
- The first decorations with fondant can be made with cutters. They are the simplest and are super effective. Hearts, flowers, moons etc.
