Thursday, April 7, 2011

Marshmallow Fondant

My little boy has his first birthday coming up in June and I just can't believe it! My little baby is turning 1!!! My very talented friend Debbie is holding a cake contest over at her blog cranberryfries.blogspot.com and it gave me the perfect opportunity to try out my (nonexistent) cake decorating skills out. Click on the above link to check out all the entries and vote!

It was SUPER easy to make this fondant. I have heard regular fondant is very difficult and fickle to make. NOT the case with this fondant. One person described it as adult play-dough and I have to agree. If cake decorating is not your thing, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by this fondant.

BIG NOTE: I GREASED MY BOSCH BOWL AND BREAD DOUGH HOOK AND DID ALL THE MIXING IN MY  MIXER AND IT WAS SUPER EASY!

Marshmallow Fondant

Ingredients:
1/4 cup Crisco
1 (16 ounce) package miniature
marshmallows
4 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 pounds confectioners' sugar, divided

Directions:
1. Place the Crisco  in a shallow bowl, and set aside.

2.Place the marshmallows in a large microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on High for 30 seconds to 1 minute to start melting the marshmallows. Carefully stir the water and vanilla extract into the hot marshmallows, and stir until the mixture is smooth. Slowly beat in the confectioners' sugar, a cup at a time, until you have a sticky dough. Reserve 1 cup of powdered sugar for kneading. The dough will be very stiff.

3.Rub your hands thoroughly with Crisco, and begin kneading the sticky dough. As you knead, the dough will become workable and pliable. Turn the dough out onto a working surface dusted with confectioners' sugar and continue kneading until the fondant is smooth and no longer sticky to the touch, 5 to 10 minutes.

4.Form the fondant into a ball, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. To use, allow the fondant to come to room temperature, and roll it out onto a flat surface that has Crisco smeared on it.(I SKIPPED THE REFRIDGERATION STEP AND MINE WAS JUST FINE)

I decided to pattern mine after the classic book Green Eggs and Ham.
Here are the results:


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6 comments:

  1. Cute cake!! I love it! :) I'm your newest follower! I'm so excited to stalk your blog some more and get to know you!

    Mucho Love,
    Trissta
    www.livingonthechic.com

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  3. I am literally in love with marshmallow fondant. It's so much easier to deal with than regular rolled fondant. But I've never used anything other than my hands to make it...now I'm gonna try your method!

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  4. I'm so glad to finally have this recipe. I've heard from so many people how great it is but no one has even written it down for me. I'm totally going to play with this next week and see what I can do! Thanks!

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  5. Yum love Marshmallow and have always wanted to do more work with fondant! Thanks for sharing sounds GREAT! ad super cute green eggs and ham!! That would be a cute party theme for June :)

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  6. Jana- I just did marshmallow fondant for flowers on brownie bites. In my post I said it was like Play-doh, too!

    link: Primrose marshmallow fondant flowers at APPLESandRUBIES

    Your cake is much more creative! And you made a lot more fondant!

    Loretta

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