Rolled Fondant

I really don`t know of any specific sites to give you. Have you tried going to local bakeries and pricing what you need?

By the way, that is great that you are making her cake for her!
Cake is EXPENSIVE!

I WONT SAY THAT IM MAKING IT I JUST WILL SAY THAT I AM GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT. I HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS TO PRACTICE. THANKS FOR THE POST!

Do an internet search for cake decorating supplies and you should come up with something :0)

I am in canada and you can buy it at Michaels craft store...yes, craft store. They sell it in a package in the cake decorating section. If you are not in Canada, try looking at your local craft store to see if they have it there.

I just seen it at walmart last night.
It`s back in the craft section where the cake decorating supplies are. It`s kind of pricey

THANKS GUYS I NEVER THOUGHT OF THOSE STORES. YOU SAID IT WAS PRICEY...HOW PRICEY IS PRICEY?

Have you baked wedding cakes before?? If not, you might want to take a few classes first. I think rolled fondant icing is difficult to work with.

NOPE I HAVENT WORKED ON ANY BEOFRE SO I AM GOING TO GET IN A FEW CLASSES. I HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS TO PRACTICE AND MESS UP CAKES. MY GAME PLAN IS TO FIRST GET A GOOD CAKE RECIPE AND WORK ON THAT. THEN I AM GOING TO SPEND THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ON PERFECTING TECHNIQUES AND DECORATION. ITS REALLY SOMETHING THAT I FEEL THAT I AM BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO.

You`ve never heard of Wal-mart?

That`s a new one to me!...lol. Not that I`m picking on you I just never heard that before.My cousin in law Mickey was from South Korea and could not wait to get over here to shop at Walmart!

The box of fondant at walmart I seen was 10.97 a box and would not do a whole layer of cake you would need two boxes to do one layer.

That`s pricey to me!

Jsawko

I`m a moron and I don`t know how to read.

I thought you said I never heard of those stores.

See what happens when you skim over a post !You end up makeing an a** out of yourself.

Nidra, I think you should try looking at MJ Designs stores, they usually have TONS of wedding supplies. Wal Mart is a big confusing store for me, personally, I have a hard time finding stuff in those mega-stores. Anyways, its good you are going to take some classes. Wedding cakes can be very tricky. I had a friend who had a relative do her wedding cake for her. The relative had no cake decorating experience whatsoever. The cake was a disaster! I`m not trying to be negative, just want to warn you. Be sure you know what you are doing.

Hey, have you checked foodnetwork.com? They had a wedding weekend marathon, and the wedding cakes they displayed were awesome. Try getting on the website for tips, and ideas. Most of the cakes used the rolled fondant, so I am sure you can find something useful about it!!

You can make the fondant, that is a pretty easy recipe that you should be able to search for on the web or in the local library. Good luck it is not the easiest thing to work with, but, with practice you will do just fine.

Hi there...
I`ve been a cake decorator for 20 years....from the old school. Fondant is beautiful however, it can be very expensive for you. If you`ve never done it, absolutely take a class. Wilton does sell a fondant at Walmart or Michaels for about $9.00 a box, but it only will do about an 8" round double layer. You will need much more, depending on the size of your cakes. There is another product that is called Satin Ice, that you can purchase through a cake supply, a much larger amount at about $12.00 a container. You still need quite a bit.
Fondant is pretty to look at, but I`ll be honest, many people do not like the taste. It`s like a dough and it is very sweet and chewy. Even at Disneyland, they do the fondant thing, (for show) and then it goes into the back room where they peel the fondant off and serve the cake without it. You could also make it yourself...Wilton does have a recipe, but I have never heard anyone praise that idea. Especially if they are just starting out.

Don`t be afraid to do your own wedding cake! It`s only 3-4 separate cakes, all decorated the same way. Start with the large one and the rest will be a breeze. You can make it very simple....yet elegant.

If you decide to do the fondant, make sure you cover your cake with a buttercream icing to seal the cake for the freshness and to allow the fondant to lay nicely across the cake. You just need to buy a few tools to smooth and do the fun little detail work. Wilton has make it easy by making all sorts of stamps and things to work with. I suggest you find a small cake supply shop that holds classes, not necessarily Wilton. They will sell you everything under the sun to make you spend lots of money on things you probably have at home.

Another way to do a "fondant"-type cake is to smooth your buttercream (a bakery style...my shop`s recipe is delicious!) and use a hot knife and a good artist`s paintbrush and smooth out the cake to look like fondant. Saves you lots of money, and no waste. It does take a little practice, but the results are wonderful!

All in all, cake decorating is a great pastime, and a truly wonderful gift for the bride and groom. It`s truly a personal journey into your creativity and is reallly a gratifying feeling when it`s all done and standing.

If you have any further questions or concerns, feel free to email me. I actually have a page here at partypop. And you can reach me through my business Cupcake Cuddlers, a different way to display wedding cakes.

Enjoy your experience...you will be glad you did!

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Hi Cece,

Thank you for the information on the taste of the fondant. I have not tasted one but I have never heard anyone say it tasted good :-). Perhaps make flowers out of it for decoration ... You don`t have to eat those :-). But I really like a good tasting cake, myself.

I saw on the Food Channel the fondant wedding cake competion ... Perhaps she saw them, too. Beautiful to look at as art.

Nancy

I also am having someone make my cake. We have found fondant at Bulk barn in Canada. I have heard that it does not taste well, any other ideas for something I can use to have a smooth finish?

OKAY GUYS, YOU HAVE SCARED ME ABOUT THE TASTE OF FONDANT. I HAVE NOT TASTED IT BUT I WAS GOING TO USE IT BECAUSE THEY REQUESTED IT ON THEIR CAKE. CAN YOU POSSIBLE FLAVOR THE FONDANT WITH SOMETHING TO MAKE THE TASTE A LITTLE BETTER?

We are having a rolled fondant 5 tier cake at our wedding in October. I`m not sure if our bakery makes theirs different, but I thought it tasted fine. It did have the buttercream frosting underneath though.

Hello Ladies,
I was just married last Saturday. Our cake`s icing was all fondant. Personlly, I thought it was disgusting. It was very chewy. When I asked guests and family what they thought, they agreed.
If I had it to do over again, I would use regular buttercream icing with just the ornate decorations in fondant.

When we did our taste tests for our wedding cakes, we found that the fondant does indeed taste HORRIBLE, but it can be peeled off for the buttercream underneath. Which in my opinion is just a waste of $$$$$. You lose all the decorations and evrythng else on the surface that you paid a mint for.
Cake decorating is very, very hard for an event like this when it absolutely needs to be perfect. Michael`s craft store holds classes constantly, as does other craft/fabric stores and even your local Comm. College. I wanted to take the classes and found their supplies list to be very expensive so what I did was take their list, used what I could from my own kitchen and filled in the blanks with cheaper items from Wal-Mart, Kmart and so on. The class was great, i learned alot. More than enough to know that i will never work with fondant for a cake I make.

You can get fondant from any store that carries wilton`s cake products like Michael`s or Hobby Lobby or even Party City.

I love the look of fondant, and am making my daughter`s wedding cake. I`ve made 2 smaller sample cakes already and its the same as rolling out pie crust, only a little thicker, I didn`t think it was difficult at all. I used the Wilton pre-made, got it at Joann ETC., The look of a fondant cake is simply elegant, I`m planning on decorating with dots, and hydrangaes between the layers...wish me luck!!!

I love the look of fondant, and am making my daughter`s wedding cake. I`ve made 2 smaller sample cakes already and its the same as rolling out pie crust, only a little thicker, I didn`t think it was difficult at all. I used the Wilton pre-made, The look of a fondant cake is simply elegant, I`m planning on decorating with dots, and hydrangaes between the layers...wish me luck!!!

Here is a good tasting recipe for Rolled Buttercream. You can use it just like fondant and tastes much better.

1 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 cup clear corn syrup
1/2 tsp colorless butter flavoring
1 tsp. Colorless vanilla flavoring
1/2 tsp. Fine grain salt (like popcorn salt)
7-8 cups powdered sugar

Using a heavy-duty mixer, place shortening and cornsyrip in mixing bowl and beat until creamy. Add flavorings and salt and beat until blended. Mix in powdered sugar, pouring in the bowl over a 30 second period, and blend thouroghly, approx. 30 seconds to 1 minute after last of sugar is added. Turn onto a work surface and knead until smooth. Store in airtight container. Can be refrigerated for several weeks or frozen for several months. Return to room temperature before using.

It isn`t that fondant tastes bad, it`s just that it isn`t meant to taste like buttercream. It is a cooked mixture of sugar and water that is pliable and gives that fondant look to a cake that no other icing technique can. It needs to be rolled extremely thin for this reason, to keep from having a big mouthful of chewy sugar in every bite. It can be flavored, but if you are rolling it thinly enough, you shouldn`t need this. It needs to be thinner than 1/8 inch, which takes great care, not only to roll, but to transfer to the cake itself without tearing. And it helps for the cake to be exteemely firm, e.g. Frozen, before attempting to do this. I have been a professional pastry chef for years and the only fondant cakes that I have seen that were palatable and pretty were ones made at a bakery that specializes in rolled fondant icing. The saddest ones with the thickest icing and the most people at the reception walking around looking for something to wash it down with have been the ones my by friends` moms who just tackled it unknowingly becasue they liked the look of it. Also, a lot of people I know have done them because they aren`t that good at getting their buttercream smoothed out and figure fondant is a good cover-up. WRONG. All of your mistakes will show through the fondant...it is still necessary to make a beautifully iced buttercream cake before applying the fondant.

My husband and I are just finishing the cake for my brother in law`s wedding. We are using a thin layer of Fondant to cover all the sections (five), and the styrofoam fill piece. We`ll be decorating with Royal Icing and Sugar Paste flowers after we cover the cake.

What I didn`t see mentioned here is what we did to smooth the layers. After we built each cake section (we used butter cream for filling in the layers), we covered each cake in rolled Marzipan to create the smooth shell required for the rolled fondant.

Regarding the flavor of fondant, mostly it tastes like heavy sugar. There is no reason you can`t add flavor to it.

I tend to look at wedding cakes as art work, not food. The fact that you can eat part of it is a bonus :)

You can get rolled fondant from Michael`s. You know, the arts and crafts store? Look in the baking area with the cake pans and stuff.

Have you heard of Choco-pan? It`s a fondant that taste like white chocolate. It can be rolled very thin and is fairly easy to use. Granted it is rather spendy..about $25.00 for 4 lbs, or $50 for 10 lbs., plus shipping. But it`s worth the extra money if means people will enjoy eating the cake you`ve gone to all that trouble to make!

I have a small cake business and debated with using regular fondant. I came up with a recipe for my own fondant and it tastes really good and is very easy to work with--oh, and not expensive to make!

2.5 cups of mini marshmallows
2 tbsp of water
1 tbsp margarine or butter
3 .5 cups of sifted powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla flavoring

1. Sift sugar in a big bowl and make a well in the center
2. In a separate bowl microwave marshmallows and water til melted-stir
3. Pour in vanilla and butter-stir
4. Pour marshmallow mixture into well of sugar
5. Mix well, turning inward until all sugar is mixed in
6. Take out and knead on a smooth surface lightly covered in sifted powdered sugar
7. Store in an airtight containerin a cool place for up to 3 weeks

It is good and versatile--you can also add butter flavor or almond flavor.

I am a 14 year old girl who actually wants to become a chef of some sort and i am making a superbowl cake and i am using cake fondant. I am actually going to make my own fondant

I am getting married soon and someone I know is making my cake. She has done cakes before, but has not worked much with fondant. She has, however, been practicing and the only problem she has is how to get the fondant wrapped cakes stacked on top of each other without destroying her smooth fondant covering. She has tried using a spatula and using her hands, but each time the fondant gets messed up. Help! my wedding is in four weeks!

If the cake is being placed on a cardboard layer just put risers under the cardboard so she has a place for her fingers If its cake to cake Let the fondant covered cake get super cold then layer it and if you get a smudge cover it w./ a rose i guess.

Wal-Mart has the Wilton`s brand instore

Wal-Mart, Michael`s sell the Wilton bake goods in their wedding section. Also, the Wilton website will tell you which stores in your area have the product. Best Wishes..

You can get it at michaels the craft store the have a baking isle........

I am making my wedding cake and cupcake with no experience, and i stumbled upon a marsmallow fondant recipe. It is suppose to look great and taste good too. Its at:
Http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm

I just started baking cakes and i found great recipes for fondant at www.allrecipes.com

WAL-MART OR MICHAELS CRAFT STORE HAS ALOT OF THE THINGS YOU NEED ALSO WILTONS WEB-SITE IS GOOD TO ORDER FROM
GOOD-LUCK

I have bought fondant from the Wiltons online. They provided extremely fast shipping and were very reliable. I would strongly recomend buying from there if you can`t find a store in your town.

Bulk Barn in Canada is the least expensive place to purchase rolled fondant icing (pre-made) that I have found $14.99 per pail. You should take a course or speak to someone on how to handle this icing. It is beautiful to work with, but there are some important tricks to using.