What is your favorite pie?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

That is a good idea, replacing raisins for sweets. I eat carrots sometimes, not the same at all.

Raisins or apples.

I love to have steamed broccoli, cauliflower and carrots for lunch.

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I'm a hag if I eat sweets. You don't want that, I'm sure!

Oh dear lord, NO!! Anything but THAT!

Actually, I'm a hag without coffee, it is just uuuugLY!

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

AND NO ONE like it or eats it.

Find someone that can do buttercream that looks like fondant. That's your best bet.

All these cakes are buttercream and soft when you cut them, BUT they look perfect like fondant!

http://www.alisonturner.com/

OOHHH, I like!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

AND NO ONE like it or eats it.

Find someone that can do buttercream that looks like fondant. That's your best bet.

All these cakes are buttercream and soft when you cut them, BUT they look perfect like fondant!

http://www.alisonturner.com/

I read so much that people don't care for the taste of fondant. I saw a girl making some on YouTube. It is soooooo messy. I don't want to fool with it.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by dizzyde

Oh dear lord, NO!! Anything but THAT!

Actually, I'm a hag without coffee, it is just uuuugLY!

I'm a hag if my husband won't leave me alone in the mornings so I can read the news and drink a cup of tea. Good grief! "Would you shut-up?!! It's too early to be this happy!!!!"

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I read so much that people don't care for the taste of fondant. I saw a girl making some on YouTube. It is soooooo messy. I don't want to fool with it.

It's terrible.

I peel it off and eat the crumb icing only.

If you don't have an electric roller I thnk it would be near impossible to get thin and smooth.

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

AND NO ONE like it or eats it.

Find someone that can do buttercream that looks like fondant. That's your best bet.

All these cakes are buttercream and soft when you cut them, BUT they look perfect like fondant!

http://www.alisonturner.com/

Is fondant anything like marzipan?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

It's terrible.

I peel it off and eat the crumb icing only.

Oh, okay. That settles the fondant issue with me.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Is fondant anything like marzipan?

I think it is. No, I guess not.


Marzipan is more sturdy if you're making figures or fruits out of it. It's expensive, even if you buy almond meal and make your own. Also, if you make your own you'll need to add almond extract to it for the flavor.

Fondant is cheap to make and fun to play with. It has a smoother surface than marzipan and takes color better. If you want something made of marzipan to be colored, usually you have to paint it afterwards with food colors.

You could roll out marzipan and cover a cake with it, but then you'd have to add a layer of fondant before you decorate it. Also, it's more of a European taste, so if you're in the US and you put it on a cake, the people you're feeding it to might not even know what marzipan is. It helps if you know it's a treat before you encounter it on a cake. Also, it has to go on a sturdy cake because of the weight.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Is fondant anything like marzipan?

Somewhat.