The Pros and Cons of Fondant (Part 2)

If you take a beautiful fondant covered cake to a party, people will be amazed by your skill. That’s the pro of fondant; but what about the cons? At the same time, while people are “oo”ing and “awe”ing, you’ll be thinking about the long road it took you to get to the stage where your cake was finally complete.

First of all, you have to buy the fondant, which tends to be a little expensive. Also, you can’t always buy colored fondant. If you want a certain color it’s going to take at least an hour or so or kneading to mix in a drop of food coloring. You better hope that you mix enough too, because if you don’t, you’ll have to remix the whole batch in order to achieve the exact color match.

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