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New Fondant Ideas

found a new recipe for MMFondant that I am loving the taste of so much MORE!

(you may have to create a log in to see this recipe so just in case I'll post it here too)


Buttercream MMF

I really liked Rhonda's MMF, but it was still a bit too sweet for my taste. And when I heard people commenting on how they would like a buttercream flavor, I began the search for the perfect butter flavoring. My taste-testers all agreed that this one was perfect!
(Though I actually prefer to double the recipe in a large bowl and use 3 drams of flavoring - I suppose you could just use 1-1/2 drams of LoRann!).

16 oz mini-marshmallows (NOT Jet-Puffed. I use Wal Mart brand)
2 T water

**Grease a micro-safe bowl, add MMs, sprinkle with water, melt 1 minute, stir.

Add:
1 T glycerine
1 t popcorn salt (or grind regular salt in a coffee grinder - you'll get crystals if you don't)
1 dram of LoRann butter flavor candy oil

**stir and add**
2 lbs powdered sugar

Start by stirring in 1 c of PS to absorb moisture before dumping in more to help avoid clumps. Each time you add PS make you you stir it well so that it's well absorbed before adding more. When you are down to the last 1/3 of the bag of PS, dump it in the bowl and knead with your greased hands. Form a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Let rest at least 4 hours. To re-soften, place it in the micro a few seconds at a time and knead. If it is too sticky from over-warming, knead in cornstarch a little at a time or just let it cool again.

Holly's notes:

~I only totally understood this recipe because I have been making the other MMF for some time now
~I used my coffee grinder for the salt and was really impressed - I think I might even use this on popcorn (didn't know there was such a thing as 'popcorn' salt!?)
~who is LoRann? I don't know either so I just used Wilton's clear butter flavoring
~what exactly is a dram? I don't know, I just pour a little in

it really does taste less sweet and more buttery that traditional MMF and still LOADS better tasting than regular fondant (yuck)

O o SAY CAN YOU SEE!!!???

BLUE GREEN

BOOB & BELLY #?

AIRPLANE

tail number L4BD - Landon's 4th BirthDay....oh yeah!

other views:
(notes: the stars and I were not friends when all was said and done...which is why it looks like I gave up on the back of the cake, I just did. The original cake design is from www.pinkcakebox.com - if you think I'm talented, this girl is super human, I used 1/2 a sport ball pan and a square pan to make this)

GIRAFFE

for my niece Sierra!

TINKERBELL

for my Sam Sam...

PURSE, MAKE UP, COSMETICS

guts -
one 8"x3" round cake, cut in half and glued together with icing
marshmallow fondant
*all the make up is made from fondant

Sweet Little Garden

guts:
2 6" round chocolate cakes
buttercream frosting
marshmallow fondant
raffia ribbon
starburst flowers, hearts and #4 - tacked in/down with toothpicks.
(unwrap starburts, soften in microwave for 5 sec., flatted on powdered sugar surface with bottom of glass or roll out with non stick rolling pin, cut out shapes with cookie cutters - other ideas here. Hearts were two cut outs, toothpick in the middle, glued together with small amount of water)

Cinderella #2

Simple

guts:
chocolate cake
marshmallow fondant
satin ribbon
broach
fresh flowers

SUPER WHY, PRINCESS PRESTO

guts:
chocolate cake,
buttercream
photo of Princess Presto
foam letters
wire

CARS, TWO, ROAD

guts:
chocolate cake,
buttercream frosting
rock candy
black sprinkles

Chocolate Banana

guts:
Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Banana Bread baked in cake pans
frosted with ganache
dug flower out of wrapping paper box!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHANIE!!!!!!!!!

Mr Teeth

guts:

chocolate cake

mint buttercream icing (to resemble toothpaste, of course!)

marshmallow fondant

RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMBERLY!!! guts:
raspberry chocolate cake
chocolate almond ganache
raspberries
almonds

RASPBERRY

guts:
homemade white cake (yum!)
raspberry butter cream (used raspberry syrup in place of some of the flavoring and water - used 1 tsp of butter flavor as well)

CARS CUPCAKE CAKE

guts: 48 cup cakes
the road is 2 large jars of black sugar sprinkles
grass and yellow stripes are buttercream

ZEBRA

guts:

2 - 8" round cakes, torted, frosted and covered in white fondant

black fondant strips 'glued' on with water (cut by hand with paring knife)

zebra guy molded by hand (when you mold pladough horses for your kids every other day this zebra is a piece of cake - or fondant ;-)

grass is buttercream piped with a grass tip

TAE KWANDO, KARATE, GEE, DOJO

guts:

4 - 9x13 cakes , white buttercream, marshmallow fondant and too many hours of detail work ;-)

DOLPHIN CAKE

guts:

chocolate cake

white buttercream icing

marshmallow fondant - colored with 3 different blues, 2 greens and a little black - letters are black fondant

sugar craft dolphins (ordered online)

black floral wire tied around dolphin's tails

12" round on bottom

8" round in middle

6" round on top

staggered stack

COTTON CANDY PINK

guts:
chocolate cake
strawberry buttercream
marshmallow fondant
8" round on bottom
6" round on top

ROSES ARE PINK

guts:

strawberry cake

strawberry buttercream icing

marshmallow fondant (roses)

lemon buttercream (all the green accents)

*first attempt at a fondant covered tired cake - learned a lot and am confident that my next one will be something I will claim - this one though....hmmm....I'm still debating whether or not to claim it ;-) practice, practice, practice - the name of the game in cake decorating (or so I'm learning!)

LADYBUG #2

guts:
strawberry cake
strawberry buttercream icing
marshmallow fondant
grass with grass tip from Wilton

(p.s. there are two of these, both for Lily, because when your brother gives you hand/foot/mouth disease the day of your birthday party causing your birthday party to be pushed back a week "Howlly" has to whip up a fresh one for you! It's ok Lily, I got your back! Happy Be-lated #2 birthday!)

HUMMINGBIRD CAKE

guts:

recipe and idea from marthastewart.com (banana/pineapple/coconut/pecan type of cake with cream cheese frosting)

those are flowers made out of pineapple (martha's are much prettier but mine are cooler!)

LADYBUG #1

guts:

lemon cake

lemon buttercream icing

marshmallow fondant

grass is made with a 'grass' tip from Wilton

SPRING NEST/EASTER CAKE

guts:
recipe and idea from marthastewart.com (via Jody)
except I cheated and used Whoppers Robins Eggs instead of making 'truffle' eggs (but just for the record, I do know how and could have ;-)

TOPSY TURVEY, WHIMSICAL OR MAD HATTER

guts:
except for the fact that I can't follow directions I used the instructions on the cakecentral.com website to make this