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Is fondant frosting or icing and how to do you make it and if you do make it do you need to use marshmallows or not?
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What makes frosting crack?
One thing that can make icing crack is not enough moisture in the icing.
How do you make food decorations?
Marziepan and fondant icing and cutters and you cut out shpes.
Do you have to put icing under the fondant on a cake?
No. You do not have to put icing under the fondant on a cake. You can bake a cake and not put any icing on it and just put fondant on it if you wish. No law forces you to put icing on the cake. With that said, How do you plan to stop the icing at the edge of the fondant? Which will you apply first? Normally sugar in the the icing causes it to stick to the cake and also causes the fondant to stick to the icing. So if you have messy people eating your cakes and do not want the fondant to fall off the plates onto the rug as they walk around the living room at a party, it would be best to use icing as a glue.
How much does fondant icing cost?
I have no idea about the cost of fondant. However, you can make an at-home version of fondant by melting icing to a liquidey consistency or by applying icing as it is from the tub to a still-hot cake. This will cause the icing to melt, but as you layer it, it will cool and form an icing that is more consistent with fondant, than the thick spread that is usually on cake.
Does anyone have tips on fondant?
If you want to make fondant at home, marshmallow fondant is much easier and simpler to make then traditional European fondant. All you need is 16 ozs of mini (mini!) marshmallows, two pounds of confectionery sugar, a sprinkle of water, and some shortening.
How does fondant look?
Fondant looks beautiful. you can make many different styles, patterns or objects of it. it Looks like perfectly smoothed icing if done right
How do you make fondant with only two ingredients?
Mix together vanilla or chocolate icing with powdered sugar.
How do you make icing sugar hard?
The best way to make icing sugar hard is simply to leave it out. Within hours the air exposed frosting will harden.
What is Rolled-In Fat Dough?
Rolled-in-fat dough is generally creamed butter (it can also be shortening), with a small amount of flour added to it. It is used as the fat layer to make puff pastry, danish and croissant doughs.
What is the difference between fondant icing sugar and icing sugar?
Icing sugar is also known as confectioner's or powdered sugar. It comes in different grades of fineness, 10X often being the highest grade found on grocery shelves. Whatever the grade, it makes for smooth icings, especially when sifted and combined with cream cheese. It also makes an excellent drizzle frosting -- as for sticky buns or pound cake -- when combined with milk, cream or fruit juice. Fondant icing is not really an icing but a sugar, and it's 100x finer than confectioner's sugar. It is used to make fondant, an old-fashioned kind of candy that is easy to make and has a very firm texture, almost like modeling clay. Kept in the refrigerator, fondant lasts for months. It can be flavored with extracts and colored with food coloring. Its unique texture means it can be molded around nuts or candied fruit, and dipped in chocolate and rolled in cocoa or coconut... the possibilities are endless. It makes for very special candies that are pretty and taste good, too.
What goes on cake icing or frosting?
Some argue that frosting and icing are the same thing and the terms are used interchangeably, however there are differences in the two. Both however can be used on a cake, depending on the desired end result the person is trying to achieve. Icing: Some argue that using the term icing is more professional when referring to cake and cookie icing that pipes well and is more rigid. Icing tends to be more sugary and hardens faster. It appears milky and crystal like and can be used for decorating. It is thinner than cake frosting and is used on ring doughnuts, the glossier carrot cakes, and the lines decorating gingerbread men, as well as many other applications. Icing is most often drizzled, brushed, or poured onto the confection and some times the best way to get the icing on the cake is to dip it in. Frosting: Frosting is thicker, creamier, and fluffier than icing. It contains butter and fats, which generally make it richer than icing, and it is more moist and softer than icing. Frosting is usually chocolate or vanilla in flavor and often contains powered sugar. Frosting is generally used on cakes and cupcakes and is piped on or spread on, with a knife or spatula.
How do you make a pip for icing cakes?
Use a Square Plastic Ziplock bag. Fill with frosting/Icing close and cut bottom corner of bag to meet piping need.
