Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, fondant(plastic icing). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A wide variety of plastic fondant. Fondant refers to two types of sugar-based pastes used in icing and decorating cakes and confections. See how to make pourable and rolled fondant.
Fondant(plastic icing) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Fondant(plastic icing) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fondant(plastic icing) using 7 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Fondant(plastic icing):
- Get 750 g icing sugar
- Get 60 mls water
- Take 3 tsp gelatin
- Make ready 1/2 cup glucose syrup
- Get 2 tsp glycerine
- Prepare Few drops of Essence/flavor
- Make ready Cornflour
It is kneaded then flavoured and coloured as desired. You can roll it out, cut and dip in chocolate or roll and dip in garnishes or chocolate. This is for those who like a softer icing than royal icing, but prefer to have a homemade version. Rolled Fondant: Originally called "plastic icing" in England, this thick, malleable dough is made of sugar, glucose, glycerin and gelatin.
Instructions to make Fondant(plastic icing):
- In a large bowl(non-metallic), sieve the icing sugar and make a well in the centre
- Prepare a hot bath
- Place the metallic bowl in the hot bath and add water
- Sprinkle the gelatin to the warm water
- Stir to dissolve the gelatin. NB: if the water is hot lumps will form making it hard for gelatin to dissolve
- Now add the glycerine, glucose syrup and essence to the dissolved gelatin and mix well
- Ensure the mixture stays warm
- Pour the liquid mixture at the centre of the icing sugar and start mixing with a wooden spoon or spatula in circular motion until it start getting stiff
- Start kneading with your hands till it starts to form a dough
- Add more icing sugar if the dough is too sticky
- Transfer the dough to a smooth surface lightly dusted with corn flour
- Keep kneading until smooth and pliable
- When ready, it should be soft when pressed but not sticky
- Let it rest in an airtight bag or wrap with a cling film for 30mins before using it. Once rested knead it again before covering the cake
It is rolled out and then draped for a flawless matte finish. Fondant icing, also known as rolled fondant is rolled out like a pie crust and used to cover the cake. Roll the fondant into a ball. Wrap the fondant icing with plastic wrap. Fondant is a smooth, sugary icing that gives cakes and cookies a flawless finish.
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