Flavor of fondant

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Permalink Reply by Keegan Luvs Cake on February 6, 2010 at 2:44pm

Just curious if anyone has tried Sweet Inspirations from Cal Java also Fondx is has gourmet flavors coming out.I have made Jennifer Donz's recipe still chewy using the Merkens and it's pretty good.

Maridsa said:

Wilton fondant is not that good at all, but I have purchased samples of fondant and have found that Satin Ice and Fonderific have the best tasting fondant. Satin Ice has different colors and they are all vanilla flavored. Fonderific has a chocolate fondant that tastes like tootsie roll!!!! Isn't that the best......ok....I m happy about that. They also have other flavors to match the colors....pink is strawberry, lemon is yellow, they have tutti frutti and white buttercream flavored fondant.

www.cakesupplies4u.com - this is where I ordered the sample fondant from, you taste a small piece of it and keep some on hand for color purposes.

Maridsa.

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on February 10, 2010 at 2:45am

I started out with Wilton Fondant several years ago... man I hated that stuff and still do. I can not say anything good about it at all! It was hard to work with....tasted like rubber and was just nasty.... Then I discovered Satin Ice.... I have some people who love it some who hate it but as long as I have the layer of buttercream under it.... all are happy! My buttercream is made with 100% real butter no shortning and people love it. If your buttercream tastes good or if you use ganache under it... no one minds the fondant. I made the black wedding cake in December and the DJ actually warned everyone ( because we asked him to) that if they ate the black fondant their mouth would turn black... well you just picture about 100 cowboys who are all around 24 years old who have had a bit too much whiskey.... needless to say they all had black teeth!

I would recommend Satin Ice it is easy to work with, mellow mild taste... and love the colors. And their chocolate tastes like tootsie rolls too! I have covered a lot of cakes in the dk chocolate and they turn out really nice. I buy the Ivory, Chocolate and White all in the 20 lb buckets.

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Permalink Reply by tracey lopez on February 10, 2010 at 9:08am

Would you share your buttercream recipie? Also where can you get a 110% real butter?

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on February 11, 2010 at 1:36am

I do not know about 110% real butter... I use 100% real butter..... which means I use all butter no shortning in my buttercream. I like the Tillamook Butter the best but also buy Kirkland butter at Costco sometimes. I use 1 pound of butter to 4 pounds of powdered sugar and then add fresh heavy cream to get the right consistancy that I like. If I am making fresh vanilla bean buttercream I scrape a couple vanilla beans and put them into the butter at the first before adding the ps. I keep it simple but people love it. Just butter, sugar and cream.

tracey lopez said:

Would you share your buttercream recipie? Also where can you get a 110% real butter?

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Molnar on February 14, 2010 at 12:12pm

Does anyone have real experience with the Fondx by Cal Java? They sent us some samples and the flavors are better than most but how does it compare to SatinIce?

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Permalink Reply by Keegan Luvs Cake on February 16, 2010 at 4:10pm

I was looking on their site and didn't see samples did you have to call?

Heidi Molnar said:

Does anyone have real experience with the Fondx by Cal Java? They sent us some samples and the flavors are better than most but how does it compare to SatinIce?

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Molnar on February 16, 2010 at 4:59pm

Since we are a store and are looking to carry it we wanted to know what the taste was like.

Keegan Luvs Cake said:

I was looking on their site and didn't see samples did you have to call?

Heidi Molnar said:

Does anyone have real experience with the Fondx by Cal Java? They sent us some samples and the flavors are better than most but how does it compare to SatinIce?

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Permalink Reply by Keegan Luvs Cake on February 16, 2010 at 6:00pm

I was wondering about the Sweet Inspiration white chocolate flavor. I have made Jennifer Dontz's recipe for semi homade chocolate fondant. I wonder when the Elite Fondx flavors come out. What about the performance of the Fondx were you impressed?

Heidi Molnar said:

Since we are a store and are looking to carry it we wanted to know what the taste was like.

Keegan Luvs Cake said:

I was looking on their site and didn't see samples did you have to call?

Heidi Molnar said:

Does anyone have real experience with the Fondx by Cal Java? They sent us some samples and the flavors are better than most but how does it compare to SatinIce?

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kmonk on February 16, 2010 at 6:29pm

I'm so happy to hear this...

Sherry Qualls said:

Fondant is SWEEEEEET...sometimes toothachingly sweet. I hate marshmallows as a rule...but I like marshmallow fondant. I add up to a tablespoon of diluted saltwater sometimes to my batch of mmf, that helps to cut the sweetness some. For me its not so much about the taste as the texture..usually pretty chewy. As an interesting side note I saw these articles recently

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2200027/2010_weddings_wedd...
http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/wedding-cake-trends-2010-633...

Buttercream may be on its way back in.

Happy Caking

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