Minggu, 04 Desember 2011

How To Make And Use Fondant

By Jerri Clements


Fondant can be made in two different ways. It can either be rolled or it can be poured. The result is a kind of icing for cakes, especially when it comes to decoration.

The poured kind is similar to the middle of a creme egg. It is a cream confection, made by combining supersaturated water with sucrose. Its use is to fill baked goods and sweets. It is comprised of sugar and water, which are combined and heated until soft enough to be stirred vigorously into a cream once cooled. Additional coloring and flavoring may be used, including lemon.

If sugar that is not dissolved falls into the mixture described above, it will cause the dissolved sugar to start crystal formation. These rock-like crystals are well known as rock candy. However, if the mixture is left to cool down and then beaten, it will be smooth due to smaller crystals.

Rolled fondant is becoming more popular due to its starring role in reality TV. Programs about bakeries and cake-making often show this icing as the method to decorate cakes that can be quite complicated to execute. It works for all kinds of cake, regardless of how big or weirdly shaped. To make it, gelatin and glycerin are necessary for the dough-like texture. It sometimes includes marshmallows that have been liquidated and sugar powder.

Its flexibility enables the baker to be more creative when it comes to decorating cakes. Butter cream icing, which is more traditional, is not as easy to use. However, it can be used in conjunction.

It is possible to buy fondant prepared in many places. The highest quality always happens to be from cake stores rather than retailers. It is easy to make yourself as well.




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