TeenStar got to learn how to make fondant and decorate a cake with it at her Young Women's activity this week. She's my little baker and made and frosted the cake that she took to the activity, as well. She had a lot of fun mixing the fondant (including the food coloring) with her bare hands... which ended up quite green (I wish I'd thought to take a picture of them!).
I wasn't aware, prior to TeenStar enlightening me, that you could even make fondant from scratch. I'd only ever seen it, pre-made, in craft stores that sell cake decorating supplies. It's made by melting marshmallows and mixing it together with A LOT of powdered sugar and food coloring. After that, you roll it out like cookie dough, cut out shapes with cookie cutters and adhere it to each other with water. The finishing touch is brushing the whole thing with water to give it a glossy shine. TeenStar's cake turned out SO cute!
I've never liked the flavor of fondant that I've tried in the past, but this stuff actually tasted pretty good, although it was extremely sweet!! Best part, of course, was the chocolate cake on the inside!
Mmmm... yummy!
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She sure did have fun...not sure if it was the powdered sugar fight with friends or the cute cake in the end..probably a bit of both. All the girls did great! I am so glad that Teenstar shared what she learned with you. I expect more cute cakes to be made in the future.
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