The fondant is a sugar paste very elastic and moldable. It is used in the field of confectionery to decorate cookies, cakes or cupcakes, and it is handled like plasticine. You can make an infinite number of shapes and figures with fondant, you just have to have the will and a lot of imagination. The word “fondant” comes from French and means “that melts”, due to its elasticity and versatility. You can buy the fondant made in any specialty confectionery store or make it yourself. There are several ways to do homemade fondant, but one of the simplest and cheapest is the one that has clouds of sugar as its main ingredient. So, in this OneHowTo article we show you how to make homemade fondant with sugar clouds.
45 minutes
Medium difficulty
Ingredients:
Steps to follow:
1
The first step to do homemade fondant is to melt the sugar clouds. If you want, you can make them yourself following this recipe or buy them (a bag usually carries 200g of marshmallows). Put the sugar clouds in a bowl or microwave safe container. To prevent the clouds from sticking to the bowl, spread it with a little butter. Add a tablespoon of water and put the bowl in the microwave for 3 minutes (always making sure they don’t burn). It is advisable that the sugar clouds are white to be able to dye the fondant the color you want.
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2
When you remove the bowl from the microwave, use a spatula or spoon to move the sugar clouds so that they are just undone. If they haven’t completely melted, put them in for one more minute and they’re good to go.
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3
Once the clouds are ready, you can start add the icing sugar. Add the icing sugar little by little so that the fondant kicks in better. Start mixing the clouds with the sugar with the help of a spoon or spatula and, once it begins to take a solid form, remove it from the bowl and knead with your hands to shape the homemade fondant. So that the fondant does not stick, dip your hands in icing sugar and spread sugar also over the area where you are going to knead.
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4
When you have added all the icing sugar and fondant dough do not stick in the hands, make a ball and cover it with plastic wrap. You can previously spread the plastic wrap with butter or icing sugar so that the dough does not stick. Put the ball wrapped in plastic wrap in the refrigerator and let it rest for a whole day.
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5
After a day’s rest, take the dough out of the fridge and knead it again. If you notice that it is a bit hard, put it in the microwave for a few seconds, you will see that it softens a bit. And ready! You already have your homemade fondant with sugar clouds ready to decorate whatever you want, cookies, muffins, a cake …
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6
If you want to do colored fondant you just have to add the dye of the color you want after step 2, when the sugar clouds are undone. I recommend you buy a gel stain because the liquid will make your dough more liquid than adequate and you will have to add a little more icing sugar. This is a very simple recipe that will allow you to make your own fondant with sugar clouds whenever you want. And if you want to add a touch of flavor, do not miss how to make chocolate fondant.
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Advice
- The sugar clouds cannot be the sugar coated ones.
- It is recommended that you buy the icing sugar, because the landlord will leave the fondant dough sandy.