fondant and sugar paste

they are the same right?

kher..

so i love my cakes with fondant covering etc… but i dont know if its the bakers here or the technique but .. i cant eat more tahn a few spoons.. i end up removing the entire foncant covering and eating the cake by itself.. cuz i find the fondant way too sweet and thick and chewy.

well the latter its meant to be.. but is it something the bakers are doing wrong ( i have tried 2 diff bakers but the problem persists).. or is that just the way its meant to be.. thick and utterly sweet?

cakes look gorgeous with fodant coverings but NO ONE ate more than a spoon recently at midget’s bday party (the same happened the last time i served cake with fondant).. everyone took the layer of fondant off and ate the cake alone.

whats up folks?! is it just a matter of taste preferenace?

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I've had the same experience, but when making cakes.... icing and frosting and fondants are so lovely and fun to decorate wiht, but nothing beats the taste of fresh, plain cake.

waise never seen cupcakes wiht fondant, do you mean the frosting/icing? or is that something new now (covering cupcakes wiht fondant?)

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Its suppose to be like that, Khawa.

And among danish people its pretty normal and no one hates you, if you remove the fondant. From my understanding, not many people like it.

Sara, I have never seen a full fondant covering of cupcakes, but have seen some people add flowers and stuff.

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There is a thread "Dekorering af kager" -- just search in Google, where you can see some amazing pics of fondant cakes. I think you need a "see picture" profile though, but it takes like 2 mins to make one.

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ohhh ok, decorations...yes then that's common here too....it seems like such a waste to discard isn't it :/

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It is. Especially when most people dont like the taste really .. I personally prefer frosting hmm nice!

I think fondant is excellent when you make figures or something.

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Khawa, I just made Oatmeal-sweets (Havregrynskugler) and it hit me how terrified your son is by Oatmeal the monster lol

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I've had some really good fondant. Not too sweet. I am not crazy about sugary stuff but I've had some really good fondant covered cake.. just perfect.

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I make custom fondant cakes. I started out with making my own marshmallow fondant, which is delicious but hard to work with. Now I just buy store bought fondant.
Wilton has one, it's not tasty at all. I just started working with 'Satin Ice' fondant, which tastes sooooo good. Just like candy!

Not many people prefer eating it though, it's more for decorating purposes. Many people, myself included, like to take it off and only eat the cake and frosting underneath.

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I take off the fondant too and eat just the cake.

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I don't like fondant either but I love marzipan!

fondant and sugar paste

Fondant is suppose to be like this.
Wendydarling where do u get ur satin ice fondant from? I've made cakes with wilton's fondant and its not too bad or i haven't tried any other it's that's y.
And never tried my own either.
Do u work from home? I make cakes too

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Hi, I get mine from globalsugarart dot com. You can find it on amazon too :) If you think wilton is tasty you have to try satin ice!! 'Fondarific' is also delicious!! Try that one too, it's so easy to work with and tastes like cotton candy .. yummy!!

Yes I work from home :)

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well now I'm terrified too at teh thought of an oatmeal monster.

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haha sweet moi :D haha... i fed him some today cuz genie was eating it.. he nearly died :D

but.. its such a waste.. poor fondant.

but its good to know that that is the ettiquette of eating a fondant covered cake.. take off fondant and throw it away

like crab shell or lobster shell :D

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I love fondant. :yummy:

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fondant is sickly sweet.....and the only time that I can eat it is if the cake itself is not too sweet and a little more dense rather than airy.....

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lol dont be sara, oatmeal sweets are nice .. just oatmeal on the other hand .. :rolleyes:

U'll be getting some pm's from
Me soon!!!
Why don't you open a thread about cakes and we can ask u questions & share pics.

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Sure I'll open up a thread about this :) I don't know if many people are interested in it though :(