ISO rolled fondant recipe + related info

[mbcakes]

I've played a little with rolled buttercream and noticed it tears quite easily and the taste is just like decorator's icing.
You mentioned white chocolate modelling clay. Are you using this for your vegan cakes? If so, can you tell me where I can get vegan white chocolate? A bit off topic but I found out from PETA that most FD&C food coloring is no longer tested on animals and is made from non animal sources. They didn't say it was ok for vegans but they didn't say is wasn't. Do your vegan customers ask for vegan sugar or unrefined powdered sugar?

Oh, regarding when rolled fondant was invented...I read info a while back that gave info on recipes from the 1700's and 1800's and a form of both pastillage and rolled fondant was mentioned.

[momoreg]

I know, I always promise to post recipes, then life gets hectic, and I don't do it...

I hope you can forgive my tardiness, but it has been a CRAZY week!

Here's Colette's recipe:

2 lb. 10x sugar, sifted
1/4 c cold water
1 T gelatin
1/2 c glucose or corn syr.
1 1/2 T glycerine
1 t flavoring

Soften gelatin in water 5 min., and melt over low heat. Remove from heat, and add syrup and glycerine until blended. Add flavoring. Make a well in the sugar, and pour in the liquid. Mix in and knead until icing is stiff. Add more sugar if it is too sticky.

Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and place in an airtight conatiner.Rest for about 8 hours. It may be refrigerated or frozen for longer storage, but bring it to room temp. before rolling out.

Good luck, LCS.

Let us know how it goes.

[LotusCakeStudio]

mb,
I only use white chocolate for the lacto-veg stuff. Yep, FD&C food coloring is usually chemicals, not animal products. My sugar is vegan. I have customers who do ask; they want to know what was used to process that sugar. I also have customers who ask if I can make a wedding cake free from eggs, dairy, fat, sugar, all natural, and made with whole wheat flour and sweetened with barley malt. I tell those people to take a hike. Unrefined powdered sugar? HAHAHAHA! The closest thing I've even heard of it making your own by sticking Sucanat and cornstarch in a food processor. Which is such a nasty concept that I won't even bother to try it. Sucanat = good in replacing the brown sugar in banana bread. Sucanat = bad in trying to make buttercream.

Momoreg,
Thank you so much for posting the recipe! I am going to test this out tonight. I have company coming over, so hopefully it won't turn into an all night thing and I'll have time to try this out before I go to bed.

-Vedika

[mbcakes]

Florida crystals makes powdered sugar, I just found this out but you can only get it thru natural distributors. If you tell me what state your in I'll tell you the distributor.

[LotusCakeStudio]

mb,
Florida Crystals is what I use. While not as refined as other sugars, both their granulated and powdered sugars are still refined. What some weirdos have asked of me to make a cake using only raw sugar and stuff like Sucanat, barley malt, and brown rice syrup. Worse yet is when they want it mixed with vanilla and pureed tofu to be used as an icing. yuk yuk yuk!

I live in Philadelphia. I would love to know a distributor here. Would make my life a lot easier. My friend manages a health food store over an hour away (in York) and he has ordered stuff for me before. But recently I was told his store's vendor no longer carries FL Crystals powdered sugar. I tried to order it thought Fresh Field's bulk dept. and they can't get it either. I checked around and no one seems to have it. BOO! So until I get more (was going to pick some up the next time I went to MD to visit the in-laws), I have been using a "non-health food store" (oh, the horror!) powdered sugar which doesn't use bone char in the processing. No one has yet cared, just as long as it's sans bone char, but as word spreads of my business, I know the purists will be coming back so I better be well stocked!

-Vedika

[mbcakes]

Here ya go:

Harrisburg PA RF Beyers Distributors 717-652-4811
Malvern PA Bill's Fine Herbs 610-688-8343

The list I have is from Florida Crystals, hope this helps.

[thebighat]

Whole Foods/Bread & Circus source for vegan food coloring at least in this region, is contacted at plevy@gardener.com. The Plant Colors Group or something. It's near Springfield.

[LotusCakeStudio]

Thank you mb and thank you bighat!

[mbcakes]

Hey Bighat I tried that email address but it's invalid. Can you recheck it for us? Do they have a web address or 800 number? Thanks, MB

[thebighat]

Look in Pastries and Baking General. I just updated the thread on vegan food coloring cuz I'm at work now and have the actual bottle in my hot little hand.

[Spoons]

Hey Lotus,
Try Lorann's "Bavarian Creme".
I use that flavor all the time for fondant.

[LotusCakeStudio]

Thanks Spoons! About how much flavoring do you add per batch of fondant (one batch meaning one pound of powdered sugar is used)? Is the Bavarian Cream one of their natural or synthetic flavors? I had a catalog that had the information, but I can't seem to find it. And the ingredient info isn't on their web site. Boo!

[Spoons]

Lotus,
I'm not too sure on the natural part.
They have tons of flavors and are very concentrated and quite good tasting.
Try Boyjarian (spelling???) oils from Beryl's,
they claim they are natural.
Good Luck.

[momoreg]

That would be Boyajian...

But as far as I know, they have a very limited number of flavors.

[mpshort]

Hey girl....where u been? Business has sooo picked up! I barely have time to do it all. How are you doing? check out the website; I added a new page of gp sculptures and there's new cakes...[url]www.creativepastries.fws1.com

e me when you get a chance !