The Marshmallow Fondant Recipe
How to make fondant with instructions.
The marshmallow fondant recipe you'll find on this page is complete with instructions with a mini video with pictures.
Marshmallow fondant isn't difficult to make. It's easy to work with, is deliciously tasty and the beautifully smooth white finish is the perfect base for wedding cake decorating.
The ingredients in fondant recipes can vary from one recipe to another. Generally speaking, fondant icing can be a little subtle in taste, especially the traditional ready made fondant you get from the cake suppliers.
The marshmallow fondant recipe is considered the most delicious of all the fondant recipes and everybody's favourite. You won't find any left over icing peeled off and left on the plate at your wedding reception.
The fondant icing recipe below is really easy to follow with very simple instructions. It demonstrates how to make fondant from start to finish. Give it a try!
How to make Fondant with Marshmallows.
(www.indorecipe.com How to make Marshmallow Fondant
- Video duration is 1:30 minutes)
The Marshmallow Fondant Recipe
Ingredients to make marshmallow fondant icing:
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• Marshmallow – 8 oz
• water
• icing sugar
• Shortening
• cornstarch
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Add about 1 - 2 tablespoons water into the bowl; micro for 30 seconds.
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Take it out, stir and microwave again for another 30 seconds.
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Repeat step for another 3 times until all dissolve and looks like this.
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Add in icing sugar and stir.
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Pour mixture onto a generously greased (with shortening) work board.
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Knead mixture the way you would knead bread dough.
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Important tip: before kneading, you definitely need to grease your fingers, hands and palms ith the shortening as well.
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Grease ready fondant thoroughly with shortening and wrap fondant with plastic wrapper tightly and refrigerate overnight in a container.
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When you are ready to use fondant, you need to microwave it for a bit, 10 minutes, then roll on a surface that already sprinked with corn starch.
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As there will be shortening on the fondant, before rolling you might want to knead a bit with the corn starch.
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It is not hard to roll the fondant; I always have fun.
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Frost you cake first before covering with the fondant.
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Voila!
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