Have you tasted FONDANT?

heathermckelvey · December 2009

OK, so our cake maker is awesome. She is very talented and her samples blew us away after trying 5 different places and really not being satisfied... and trust me sweets are my thing so it isn't hard to please me. Oh and let me also mention that she is probably going to be featured on TLC soon and her pricing is so cheap in comparison to others.

The only drawback is that she only works with fondant. I have heard some pretty bad things about fondant in regards to taste. I asked her if we could try the fondant and she said due to the nature of using it that we would only be able to try it when she is making another cake and we would have to come try it then...

Therefore, I want to know from all you lovely ladies, if you have tried fondant and in your honest opinion what did you think of it? I really like the look of the smoothness, so no issues there... but how does it taste?

I have heard some people say it taste almost like marshmallow, which I personally like...

Tiffayqp12 · December 2009

Honestly, fondant has come a long long way and it doesn't taste nasty. The thing that people tend not to like about it is that it isn't creamy like a traditional frosting/icing. It is a bit "chewy" for lack of a better word. However, that being said, they put a huge thick layer of buttercream underneath the fondant and on top of the actual cake which is like the glue for the fondant, so you can actually peel the fondant off your slice of cake if you don't want to eat it.

I think you will be surprised by how it tastes. We ended up going with a fondant cake also, mostly because of the look and I don't mind the taste of it. Hope that helps.

eskiimobby · December 2009

My cake vendors fondant is AMAZING. And as a pastry-chef-to-be myself, I'll be honest and say it all depends on what kind of fondant they use.

If fondant tastes like marshmallows, it isn't a true fondant. It's called "marshmallow fondant", but it's made with marshmallows.... It's easier to work with than some fondants, so that's why some bakers choose to use it.

It's weird to me that she would let you taste it. Most bakers will have a big bucket or box, whichever, of their fondant in the back. When I asked my vendor to try his fondant, he literally walked to the back and brought me back a spoonful of fondant.

My cake is 5 tiers and entirely covered in fondant. So that's obviously how I feel about it lol. It depends on where your baker gets their fondant though, because they're all different, and some do suck really bad. However, there is always buttercream icing (or whatever you pick, cream cheese, etc) under the fondant, and a lot of people will peel the fondant off anyways because they think you aren't supposed to eat it, or that it won't taste good.

So that's my input and my experience with it. Personally, I would absolutely not pick fondant until I had tasted that baker's fondant. So that would be my only stipulation before signing.

GL! Pick what you're comfortable with!

twinkle82576 · December 2009

Personally, it doesn't taste bad, but it's not my first choice either. I would only pick it for my cake if it was super important to me that the cake look super smooth, otherwise, I would go with buttercream, cream cheesse, icing, whatever else I liked. Like Tiffany said, it is a little chewy, but it's mostly super sweet in my expeerience, and I don't have a sweet tooth, so I don't care for it. But you need to try it for yourself and choose what you like best. GL!

FutureMrsFezz · December 2009

our cake had marshmellow fondant! i loveeee it.. but i guess some people dont. is there a way you can sample it. that's what we did at our cake tasting!

goldie3474 · December 2009

fondant is hit or miss. If it's hit, it tastes like very yummy, thick frosting, if it's miss, it can taste horrible, almost plastic. DEF taste your baker's fondant if you can

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