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What are the three types of fondant icing?

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What are the three types of fondant icing?

Poured fondant is a sweet paste usually used as an icing or filling for cakes and other pastries. Poured fondant is made mainly of sugar, water and corn syrup. Rolled fondant, on the other hand, is more like sweet dough. Like poured fondant, it is made with sugar, water and corn syrup.

Which frosting is best for fondant cake?

Frosting with crusting good for fondant decorations

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What are the different types of buttercreams?

There are three types of buttercreams that are most often used: American Buttercream, Swiss Meringue Buttercream, and Italian Meringue Buttercream. There are a few other types of buttercream that are less commonly used like French Buttercream, German Buttercream, and a very new style of buttercream called G.G.

What do you put on a cake before fondant?

Before you can cover your cake with fondant, you need to crumb coat your cake. This thin layer of frosting traps any cake crumbs and acts as an adhesive so your fondant doesn’t fall off or move around.

What cream goes under fondant?

We talked a little bit about this earlier, but I really like to use ganache under fondant. It gets really firm and I can get it very smooth. It’s just so easy to use and really easy to make actually. I do add buttercream between the cake layers, but I cover the outside with ganache.

Can I put fondant on a cold cake?

Absolutely, those who enjoy good weather can put fondant covered cakes in and out of the refrigerator without a second thought. This also allows us to use perishable fillings in fondant cakes.

What is Sugarcrafting?

Sugarcraft is a creative art, where sugar is used as a medium to produce masterpieces mainly for decorating cakes for special occasions. What sort of special occasions? Typically baptisms, birthdays, engagements, weddings, anniversaries and so on.