What is Fondant
What is Fondant? What exactly is fondant? How do you make, and do you have to or can you buy it already made? Fondant is different things to different people. It is the center of piece of a chocolate buttercream candy. It is the smooth, white-as-snow covering of some particularly fancy cakes. It is the gooey juice that gushes out of a chocolate-covered cherry. It is the traditional topping for elegant French petits fours. Fondant, as you can see, is central to the production of some confections. There are also various ways of making it. The standard is to create a sugar syrup with water, sugar and glucose (or corn syrup), which inhibits the sugar’s tendency to crystallize. The mixture is cooked to the "soft-ball stage" (don’t think sports, think 238°F or 115°C), after which it is cooled a bit and then laboriously stirred by hand for 30 to 40 minutes, until it sets up to the consistency of a very thick frosting. Some slackers, us included, think that processing ...