Word Finder - fondant

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(usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.

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A candy filled with such a preparation.

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A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine.

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(usually uncountable) Fondue.

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fondant cheese

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(usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.

If this is not recommended, should I feed soft fondant instead?

Baked chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream and iced strawberry parfait with black peppered strawberries and mint are among the desserts.

Top the cupcakes with handcrafted fondant figures, such as swans, hearts, or handmade flowers.

Marshmallow fondant is sweet without being cloying and has an easy to work with texture for even beginner cooks.

Containing two types, Japanese peppermint oil fondant creams and Creme de Menthe infused truffles.

All you need to do is get the shape you need, then decorate it using colored marzipan or fondant icing.

Madam continued with Roasted breast of duck with fondant potato and confit of red onion.

Frost them as one cake in the color of your choice (or cover in fondant for a polished look), and make the lines of an umbrella in white for a nice color contrast.

Make the handle of the umbrella out of fondant.

For a virtually limitless array of possibilities, learn to work with fondant.

Check out these fondant cake ideas before getting started with your next cake.

In addition to topping a cake with cookie letters and numbers, these cutters will also cut fondant.

Fondant is a thick, chewy kind of sugar paste that professional cake decorators often use to get that flawless flat look for a cake.

Fondant can also be used to embellish a frosted cake, and cookie cutters are one great way to do this without having to do any freehand cutting or decorating.

Cover your cake in white fondant tinted with a brown-green color.

The cake can be covered with poured fondant or iced.

Fondant and modeling chocolate make a cake look great - especially Halloween cakes as you can make a stark white fondant covering and do blood splatter on it.

This will keep the fondant from slipping.

The flowers can be live or they can be crafted out of fondant or gum pastes to look realistic.

During the rest of winter, consider fondant snowpeople or a glass snowflake as your cake topper.

Although more expensive in most cases, a rolled fondant icing has a firmer texture that lends itself to carving and intricate details.

Often done with a combination of fondant and buttercream icing, these cakes are showpieces.

Fall colors like burnt orange, rust, burgundy, and mustard yellow look stunning against a dark chocolate fondant or a buttercream in shades of ivory and champagne.

One way to do so is to make fondant icing and cut leaf shapes using cookie cutters.

Dye the fondant the color you wish (brown, yellow, orange, red); more experienced decorators could try their hand at airbrushing leaf colors for a realistic look.

Both buttercream and fondant can be made with a chocolate flavor.

However, in contrast to visions of fondant flowers and flawless swirls of frosting, men tend to err more on the side of humor and personalized cakes.

The antlers can be done out of fondant or even white pipe cleaners.

If your cake budget is reasonably high, you can request a flurry of fondant flowers in any style or color you've heard of.

However, the price is directly correlated to the amount of flowers that "bloom" on your dessert, so set a budget before getting your heart set on sweet fondant flowers.

Popular cakes simulate this with fondant cascades, sugar bows, and colorful ribbons.

Consider a dark chocolate fondant icing with red roses and black pearl candies adoring the tiers of your wedding cake.

Additionally, stacked round cakes lend themselves well to detailing and unique designs, and (for decorators) they tend to be easier to cover with fondant than cornered cakes.

Ask a decorator to make a fondant or gum paste angelfish, clownfish, or butterflyfish, and position it along with seahorses, starfish, sand dollars, sea anemones, or shells.

Your favorite sea creatures molded in fondant and arranged in a romantic pose makes a great topper, as do real seashells or pieces of colorful coral.

Some professionals specialize in beach wedding cakes adorned with fondant shells and edible sugar "sand."

Fondant is a great choice for outdoor receptions because it doesn't melt down in the heat or humidity.

If you prefer for your entire wedding cake to be edible, find a decorator who is able to make flowers from fondant or gum paste.

Using edible fondant or gum paste flowers can also be expensive, especially if you request a lot of detail.

If you want to make yours look as close to a standard wedding cake as possible, consider draping it in white fondant and decorating it with pearls, ribbons, lace, or fresh flowers.

Since most traditional wedding cakes feature a pure white buttercream or fondant coating, choosing a bright color makes a statement and draws a lot of attention to your cake.

Decorators can sprinkle turquoise sugar or edible glitter on plain white buttercream, meringue or fondant frosting.

Painting with edible turquoise color on a fondant or ganache coated cake can also look very modern and chic.

Fondant or gum paste flowers or ribbons encircling each layer of the cake also serve to create a few concentrated pops of color.

A traditional, all-white, multi-tier cake is easy to prepare with dowels and thick buttercream frosting or rolled commercial fondant, but there's also something to be said for breaking with tradition.

The typical engaged couple doesn't want a fondant dolphin leaping over the top of their cake or a jagged crab crawling along its edges.

A cake clothed in soft waves of light blue buttercream or tiers of smooth, pastel green fondant highlight their relatively bare-bones, skeletal looks and make for a magnificent presentation.

To give it special attention, ask a decorator to create a cornucopia from fondant or gum paste and fill it with figures of seasonal vegetables and fruits.

If you like the look of flowers on a cake but want something a bit different, try edible flowers or stylized fondant blossoms.

Find a decorator who's skilled with molding fondant, and ask him or her to create small edible figurines to fit a theme on your cake or use as custom toppers.