Homemade Marshmallow Fondant

Name: Homemade Marshmallow Fondant
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 12 min
Ingredients: 4 cups mini marshmallows {about half a package}; 1/2 tablespoon water; 4-5 cups sifted powdered sugar

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By Katie

December 21, 2012

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Time has been flying right by!! I can’t believe Christmas is THIS TUESDAY! Yikes. My sister and her family arrive today and my husband finally flies in on Saturday {yippee!!}. So far, I’ve happily eaten a TON of my parents cooking, made gingerbread houses, gotten together with friends, watched a lot of Friends episodes {love them!}, gotten a little shopping in, tried to convince my daughter that sitting on Santa’s lap really isn’t that scary, snuggled my new niece and hung out with my family. SO FUN. I’m glad I’m making the most of this vacation as best as I can!

In other news: this baby has been doing back flips nonstop. I think he enjoys Canada….and/or all this food I’m eating! I actually felt him kicking up in between my ribs from the outside! My husband was a little bummed he missed it, but there will be plenty of other kicks to be felt. My 3 year old felt him kicking her hand briefly to which she replied “we shouldn’t kick others. He should apologize”. It was fun explaining THAT one to her. Haha!

Anyways, this recipe is brought to you by my older, wiser, Idaho-living, cake-decorating sister. After you make a bunch of wedding cakes like she does, storebought fondant gets expensive…and is also super gross. Whenever you go to a wedding, all the guests peel the fondant off because you don’t want to ruin the flavor of the cake! I know I do…

Well, this marshmallow fondant is easy to make, costs a quarter of the price and tastes a million times better! Honest to goodness, I could eat it straight. And it takes about 10 minutes to make. Basically, it’s super sweet melty marshmallows all wrapped around a cake. Seriously yummy.

Here’s how you do it:

Start by measuring out some marshmallows.

Add in some water–like 1/2 tablespoons…not a lot!

And microwave it until its all melted.

Like so!

Sift in about 2 cups of powdered sugar and stir.

Once it gets thick and hard to stir, pour it onto your clean work surface and get kneading! It’ll be warm and sticky to start with, but the more powdered sugar you knead into it the easier is becomes to work with.

After kneading in another 2-3 cups, you should have a smooth ball of fondant. It shouldn’t be sticky at all anymore and pretty much cooled. Store this in plastic wrap at room temperature until you’re ready to use.

I rolled some of this out and covered a 2 layer 8 inch cake for the holidays….nothing special. I wrapped the bottom with blue ribbon and let my little one color the top with these fun Wilton Edible Markers that I have fallen in love with. They make such a cute presentation! I’d recommend refrigerating the cake before coloring…or not have a 3 year old do all the decorating–LOL! 🙂 The word ‘gentle’ can only be said so many times….Overall, I fell in love with how this cake turned out…just because I think it’s adorable and would make such a cute present for the grandparents or neighbors.