Covering Cupcakes with Fondant

I made a video on how to cover cupcakes with fondant using store bought frosting and a pasta maker to roll out the fondant. It worked very well, and tasted great. I will be following up with a tutorial on using these cupcakes as a base to apply cutouts from the Cricut Cake.

Fondant recipe: Place 16 ounces of mini marshmallows and 3 tablespoons of water (or 2 1/2 tablespoons of water and 1/2 tablespoon vanilla flavoring) in a bowl greased with Crisco. Microwave for one minute, mix, and continue microwaving 30 seconds at a time until the marshmallows are all melted. Add one tablespoon of Crisco vegetable shortening to melted marshmallows, and mix to incorporate (this will help to make the fondant more pliable). Place 8 cups (2 pound bag) of confectioner's sugar in a large mixer (kitchenaid), and then pour the melted marshmallows in. Begin stirring the mixture together on low, and continue until almost all of the sugar is incorporated into the marshmallow (not all of it will mix in), and until fondant is no longer very sticky. If you want to color it all one color, add the coloring now. Pour fondant out onto a surface sprinkled with powdered sugar, and knead adding more sugar if necessary. Store for several weeks in an airtight container on the counter or refrigerated.

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• cupcakes
• fondant
• fondant cupcakes

[tomboypanda]

How much r those little silver things

[vianneylu1]

@tomboypanda They're usually like $20, but you can find some that cost waaay more! They carry them at lots of places, especially home stores.

[tomboypanda]

@vianneylu1 what are they called cuz i dont want to get one and say "oh how much are these silver flaty things"

[vianneylu1]

@tomboypanda LOL! It's a pasta maker!!

[marsupilami76]

great video, I'm going to use these helpful tips in a cupcake decorating workshop for kids at the local community centre!

Oh, and please don't listen to those know-it-alls who just want to criticize from their lazy chairs!

[vianneylu1]

@marsupilami76 Thanks for your sweet comment!! I've found that a pasta roller is very helpful for cupcakes and other small things! Happy baking!!!

[fefejay]

@tomboypanda lol@ silver flaty things! Sounds like something i would say! lol

[tomboypanda]

@vianneylu1 OO i new they looked familliar

[heyoitsrico100]

@elinamelina27 they looked fine to me

[vianneylu1]

@elinamelina27 Thanks for your comment, but generally speaking you don't "need" to cut off the tops of the cupcakes if they are nicely baked and nicely domed like most of mine were. If the tops are burned, misshapen, or flowed over the wrapper you can cut it off, maybe you do that often. Most people like the look of a rounded cupcake as opposed to a flat one, large cakes do get leveled and they look much better that way.