What is Fondant?
What is Fondant?
June 9, 2005Posted By marriage
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Fondant is a type of icing for cakes that will really enhance the look of your finished cake and really increase the cost of the cake. But what does it do for taste?
Most people, and articles, argue that you must decide between a better look or better taste. The better look is fondant, but you will give up taste. It is not necessarily true at all. The key is to ask your baker if they make the fondant to order and do they follow the standard way of using sugar and glucose(or corn syrup). If they do, then they should be able to mix in a flavoring of your choice that will make it relatively tasty. The problem is that many bakers make really large batches of fondant for all the cakes they need to finish with it, rather than one at a time.
There is also an uncooked version of fondant that comes out with a matte finish, so not shiny, and uses raw confectioner's sugar. This will not taste good by any stretch of the imagination.
Remember, a fondant finish is going to cost around 30% more, so consider it carefully. However, if you are dead set on it then consider a few ways to reduce the cost. Have a smaller show cake and have the baker make sheet cakes. Then after the ceremony of cutting the cake when everyone can gasp accordingly, the cake will be taken away to be cut and no one will be the wiser that they are bringing out sheet cake.
