Homemade Marshmallow Fondant
From the humble marshmallow comes forth this Homemade Marshmallow Fondant, easy to make, easy to roll, easy to shape, gorgeous to look at, an edible cake and cupcake decoration that you can use to make almost anything you can dream up to dress up that fancy cake or cupcakes you're making for a special occasion!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 8 oz mini marshmallows, 240g
- 2 tbsp water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cup icing sugar, 453 g
- food coloring
- 2 tbsp butter or shortening for kneading, optional
Instructions
- 1
Make sure you have your butter at room temp, so it's ready to use if you need it.
- 2
Prepare bain marie or double boiler over low heat, making sure your bowl doesn't touch the water. The water should be just simmering. Add marshmallows and vanilla into bowl and stir occasionally until completely melted.
- 3
Remove from heat and stir in icing sugar, approx. 1 cup at a time, until very stiff and sticky and coming together into one mass in center of bowl.
- 4
Dust surface and hands generously with icing sugar, then knead your fondant for 5 mins until smooth and pliable, dusting generously with icing sugar to prevent sticking to the working surface or your hands.
- 5
You can also use butter or shortening to prevent fondant sticking to your hands when kneading, this will give the fondant a more glossy sheen as vs the matte sheen achieved with just the icing sugar
- 6
Use right away or roll into a ball, wrap airtight with plastic wrap or zip lock and refrigerate overnight. Next day, allow to come to room temperature.
- 7
Divide the fondant into however many colors you want to have. Add food coloring drop by drop to your fondant and knead the coloring in until completely mixed in and the color is even. Cover the fondant until needed to keep from drying out.
- 8
Roll out your now colored fondant to a 1/8 inch thickness on a generously icing sugar dusted surface. Now your fondant is ready to use to cover your cakes or cupcakes, or to cut or press out the shapes that you want for your decorations.