It has been a while since I last blogged; one can blame one's day job interfering with the real joy in my life of cake decorating and cupcakes. Last weekend was cold and wet, so I entertained myself by trying out a marshmallow fondant recipe which so many people wax lyrical about. Everyone who has ever posted anything about marshmallow fondant has claimed it is easy, tasty and infinitely cheaper than the commercial stuff available. I've been wanting to try this out for a while, but it took a bit of dedicated research to find white marshmallows in Germany. They all seem to be pink and yellow. Eventually I got hold of several bags of the stuff and so I eagerly set to work. First I melted the marshmallows in the microwave, being careful to stir at regular intervals. When they had all melted into a smooth, sticky, very, very sticky mass I stirred in some bourbon vanilla and food colouring before coating my hands and my work surface with lots of shortening. Then I emptied a box of icing sugar on to said surface before pouring the marshmallow goo on top of the sugar. Next step was to knead the sugar into the marshmallow mix until it had the consistency of play doh. Eventually the impossibly sticky mass did morph into something that looked very much like fondant icing, but the process was so sticky and so messy that I cannot bring myself to post a picture of me kneading the goo, even if my daughter had great fun taking the pictures! Suffice it to say that eventually these:
The dark grey turned black over night, which was the intention and these colours will be used to make a Halloween themed cake and cupcakes for this coming weekend. The orange also turned a more vibrant shade when left overnight. So far the taste is definitely better than the commercial stuff, but time will tell if it is as easy to work with.
I will poste pictures of the Halloween cakes once they are completed!
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