Fondant Recipe: (for covering cakes and modelling on cakes)











Ingredients:
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1kg icing sugar (sifted)
3 tsp gelatine
1/4 cup water
1/2 tbsp liquid glucose
1 tbsp glycerin




Method:
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Pour water into heatproof bowl.
Add gelatin and mix.
Double boil the mixture until gelatin is dissolved.
Add liquid glucose and glycerin. Stir well.
Remove from heat and leave aside to cool slightly.
Meanwhile place half of the icing sugar in a bowl.
Make a well in the centre.
Pour the gelatin mixture in the centre and using the back of a spoon, stir the sugar into the gelatin slowly.
Add the icing sugar gradually and knead well.
Keep unused icing coevred or it will dry up and harden.
Colour and use as desired.

You have to proof it for a day in order to get the shape.

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