Today was my daughters birthday. I made here this great cake with fondant decorations on it.
Fondant is pretty easy to make with marshmallows and powdered sugar.
You need one pound bag of marshmallows. Minis or regular is fine. You also need some butter and a bag of powdered sugar.
If you plan on makeing colored fondant you will also need food coloring.
First make your cake. I chose chocolate. You then need to put a light coat of butter cream frosting on your cake.
Butter cream is pretty easy to make. For a small batch you need one stick butter (1/2 C), 1/4 C milk, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 4 C powder sugar. Mix all ingredients until creamy.
The cake will be easier to frost if you chill it first. After the cake is chilled frost it with a smooth layer of butter cream. This is what your fondant will stick to. Chill the cake again. You will be able to even the frosting out after it is chilled if you need to.
To make the fondant spread butter on your work surface and pour about half the bag of powdered sugar on it. Pour the marshmallows into a microwave safe bowl that has been greased with butter. Heat the marshmallows until completely melted. Make sure to stop the microwave every 30 seconds or so and stir them. They will be completely melted and puffy when done.
Pour the melted marshmallows onto the powdered sugar and knead the powdered sugar in. Keep adding powdered sugar until you have a nice dough. You will need to cover you hands with sugar as well in order to avoid the dough sticking. When you are finished refrigerate the fondant overnight or until firm.
When you are ready to use your fondant warm it up in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute to warm it up. To add colors just add food coloring and knead it in. (Make sure you grease the table and/or coat it with powder sugar to prevent sticking.)
The measure your cake diameter and height to figure out how big you need to roll out the fondant. I roll mine an inch biger to make sure I have enough. Lightly brush water onto the cake before covering it with fondant. Transfer the fondant to the cake and gently work the sides down stretching it slightly to avoid creases in the sides.
After that you free to play with the decorations. The fondant is like clay or Fimo and can be molded into just about anything. There are lots of videos out there on making and decorating with fondant just search the web. Most of all be creative. Don’t be afraid to fail and you can do just about anything with a cake.
This sounds really yummy I am always looking for new and creative ways to bake. Tim and I are both great cooks- marshmallows he’s going to love this
This looks so cool. Right out of a Dr. Suess book!