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Jun
03

Fondant: This is Your Life!

Posted by Stephanie
in  Products We Love
Fondant: This is Your Life!

Fondant: A Retrospective

I think it is a safe bet that nearly all the readers on this blog have used, or have heard of, rolled fondant. It is certainly a staple in all of Chef Lodge's cake decorating classes and a product that continually flies off the shelf in our retail gallery. The sweet marshmallowy taste and the stretchy, forgiving texture has made fondant wildly popular in the cake decorating world in recent years. I have used fondant to cover cakes and cookies, I have made fondant flowers and figures, I have even made fondant cameos! I've never questioned how this all-powerful substance came into being. Last week, I wrote about our new Jadeite colored fondant, and I wondered at the origins of fondant. Where was it invented? When was it first used to cover a cake? What makes it so stretchy? I am a researcher at heart, so I indulged my curiosity and delved into the deep, dark, sordid past of fondant. No, wait. Let me try that again: I indulged my curiosity and delved into the sweet, sugary, delicious past of fondant. Yeah, that's better. Fondant: THIS IS YOUR LIFE!

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Guest — Chef Mitchie
If my rolling pin could talk I first experimented with a recipe about nearly 20 years ago. It was horrible, I felt like I was in... Read More
Thursday, 05 June 2014 12:35
Guest — Sugarart Cakes
yeah for us Aussies !!
Thursday, 05 June 2014 19:28
Guest — Jacquie DiPego
I also use Albert Uster Fondant and Fondart for cakes and cookies. I used to make my own but I love the ease and flavor of the Mas... Read More
Thursday, 05 June 2014 19:55
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