How do you feel about fondant? Is it the cancer killing cake?

I don't like it, but I don't think it's cancer.

I like it, but I do think it's cancer.

Not since they invented the not-ass-tasting marshmallow version.

A lazy way of making cakes look "nice"
Same as food art, you are making it look like something that is not food and treating it like it's not food, thus you are a mediocre food artist

I don't think its cancer but I do think its killing the cake

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Fondant is garbage.

Marzipan is where it's at.

>>7531707
Pretty much this. It's technically-digestible cement/spackle.
Great for the construction of complicated cake structure, but no aspect of its flavor is appealing. It tastes like sugary play-doh

>>7531671
Most of the time I've had it, it tastes chewy and sugary as fuck. But a couple times the texture isn't as strong, and if it's flavored then it's edible. But I would always much rather have a cake without it.

>>7531694
I think it's the marshmallow version I tried when that I liked. It is far better than normal fondant.

Shellac is edible. Why not just spray it on circus peanuts, save you some trouble. As for art, using varying mediums is not unusual and using one that is technically edible has appeal to me, but I don't get hung up about it like a 6yr old would because I didn't get to eat a piece of it. Same thing with porno mags... The subject is still arousing even though i will only get to fuck the paper version.

>>7531671
I don't eat cake, I don't like it. The only time i'll eat it is if someone buys one on my birthday. I eat one slice to be polite.

It's a crutch for shit bakers who don't know how to properly apply buttercream.

Do you guys really eat cake often enough to know what a fondant is? Had to look that shit up. Also my favorite cake is funfetti.

>>7532286
Some of us bake, imagine that on the food board

>>7531671

i really don't like topings on cakes.

I usually scrape icing and stuff off.

Fresh fruits are cool though.

>>7532056
fondant and buttercream serve different purposes different purposes idiot

>>7532362

Almost anything you can do with fondant you can do with buttercream instead.

>>7531671
Fondant is disgusting shit.

It looks nice, but tastes like ass and absolutely ruins cake.

Only acceptable cake toppings are whipped cream, or possibly cream-cheese icing.

>>7531671
Ex-gf made it for me a number of years back. Was weird, gross and bitter, pretended to like it to avoid issues.

>Threw most away

>>7531671
is this just lazy marzipan?

>>7532365
Buttercream? Ganache? Marzipan? Mousse?

>>7531977
This. Cake is way to sweet and has way too much calories to be even considered safe to eat.

>>7532364
nope

i just take it off and eat it without. shit is disgusting.

>>7531977
>>7532405
As an adult why do you need more than 1 or 2 decently-sized slices from a cake anyway? Cakes aren't made for one person to pig out on.

>>7531671

Yes, it is cancer. It's a disgusting crutch used by lazy bakers.

more or less. fondant is primarily about one thing these days: lazy, lazy, lazy decorating. Ace of Cakes bullshit instead of traditional decorations is enabled by the massive overuse of fondant.

if I see fondant I automatically assume the baker is either lazy or totally ignorant these days. Also, its a guarantee the cake is probably going to taste like ass

What's the icing and the gel they use to decorate ice cream cakes? It's tasty

>>7532378
Yes, marzipan is harder to work with, so the people who aren't able to handle it use fondant instead.

And yes, fondant is pretty bad.

>>7531671
Taste like shit. Weird consistency

I had it once at a wedding

While the taste isn't anything to write home about, I enjoy chewing on it. Still, a good homemade frosting is leagues better.

I really want to try it just to see what all the hate is about.

>>7532056
>buttercream
different purposes, and buttercream is arse

>>7533775

Buttercream is god tier if made correctly. Beating butter and sugar togther is what most do and thats the overly sweet stuff that you generally get on cakes.
Proper buttercream takes abit more time amd skill, but it will make a topping that is better than the cake itself.

>>7531789
Guy Frosty?

>>7532497
....No shit. One slice A YEAR maybe, like the other anon said for his birthday. It's sickly sweet and adds nothing to your diet but an excuse to eat recreationally. They look nice, though.

>>7532505
You mean the DQ ones? I have no idea, but always eat that shit first. It's like crack.

Wife makes food network quality decorated cakes for friends and family.

Factory made fondant is shit. That is what pretty much every business uses, so it is most likely what you have been exposed to.

Her homemade marshmallow stuff is pretty good, but even then, she only uses it on cakes where it is a must for the crazy design or a specific visual effect.

>>7534092
Meringue buttercream is shit too

Frosting is the cancer killing cake.

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>>7531671
I find that touching my cooch before I work with the vegetables is sufficient to get a lacto starter culture going.

>>7534092

me sainted grandmother's lemon buttercream was one of the best things I've ever tasted and she taught me how to make it. straight up 1950s deliciousness

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SO WEH PUHT DIS FAHNDAHNT ON DA CAKE DEN STUCK LEGOS ON TOP. IT. WAS. CRAYZEE.